Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #219941190001

Warehouseman fatality at Martin Marietta - Gabbs Mine (Premier Services Corp), NV, February 17, 1994

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On February 17, 1994, a warehouseman was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Martin Marietta - Gabbs Mine (Premier Services Corp), NV.

Martin Marietta - Gabbs Mine · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal
Nye County, NV
Classification POWERED HAULAGE
Type Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Investigator narrative
IT APPEARS THAT FRED TRIED TO CLIMB ONTO OR CROSS OVER THE BELT FROM THE FAR SIDE WHILE THE BELT WAS STILL ON, RATHER THAN TURN IT OFF FIRST OR USE THE PROPER CROSSOVER STAIRS AND WALKWAY. HE THEN SLIPPED OR TRIPPED, FALLING AGAINST THE BELT WHILE, SINCE IT WAS ON AND MOVING AT A PRETTY HIGH SPEED, JAMMED HIM AGAINST AND PARTIALLY UNDER THE FEEDER FRAME, RESULTING IN SEVERE INTERNA
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Cross Over (Conveyor)
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Source of injury
BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
ABDOMEN/INTERNAL ORGANS
Total mining experience
14 years
Experience at this mine
13 years
Experience in this job
0 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY

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