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Case study · MSHA Record #219933400002

Laborer fatality

October 22, 1993 at 2:30 PM
POST MILL · Newmont Mining Corporation · Eureka County, NV
Investigator narrative
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED ONE FATALY WHILE UNHOOKING A SLING FROM A CONVEYOR SECTION MOVED INTO PLACE BY A 235C BACKHOE(CAT) TWO TEMPOARARY DRILL STEEL LEGS HAD BEEN WELDED ONTO THE CONVEYOR EE FOR SUPPORT ONE LEG FAILED CAUSING THE CONVEYOR EE TO ROLL RT THEN FALL TO THE GROUND PINNING BOTH MEN BENEATH IT SECOND PERSON SERIOUSLY INJURED WITH LOSS OF ONE LEG TO DATE
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between NEC
Activity at time
Escaping A Hazard
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury
BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience
5 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
5 years
Mine type
Facility
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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