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Case study · MSHA Record #219933330001

Blaster fatality

November 19, 1993 at 3:30 AM
San Manuel Mine · Magma Copper Company · Pinal County, AZ
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEE WAS RERAILING A 20-TON ASEA CAR WHEN HE GOT PINNED BETWEEN THE ORE CAR & THE RIB THE ORE CAR WAS BEING PULLED THROUGH A RE-RAILER THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN FATAL INJURIES TO EMPLOYEE
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Rerail Equipment, Sprag
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Underground location
LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
Mining method
Caving
Source of injury
NARO G RAIL CR,MTR-UG EQP
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
BODY PARTS, NEC
Total mining experience
20 years
Experience at this mine
20 years
Experience in this job
4 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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