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Case study · MSHA Record #219931250001

Maintenance Man fatality

April 27, 1993 at 1:35 PM
Intrepid Potash East · New Mexico Potash Corp · Eddy County, NM
Investigator narrative
AFTER REMOVING THE CONVEYOR BOOM HINGE PINM, HE GOT ON TOP OF THE CONVEYOR BOOM TO ASSIST IN THE REMOVAL OF THE PINS FOR THE GATHERING HEAD PLOW. WHILE KNEELING ON TOP OF THE FORWARD PORTION O F THE BOOM TO BETTER SWING A SLEDGE HAMMER, THE BOOM ASSEMBLY SUDDENLY RELEASED, THE REAR PORTION FALLING AND THE FRONT PORTION RISING SUDDENLY. HE WAS CAUGHT AND MASHED BETWEEN THE BOOM AND
Record details
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Underground location
FACE
Mining method
Continuous Mining
Source of injury
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Total mining experience
14 years
Experience at this mine
14 years
Experience in this job
0 years
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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