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Case study · MSHA Record #219952160001

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality

July 19, 1995 at 10:15 AM
HENDERSON OPERATIONS · Climax Molybdenum Company · Clear Creek County, CO
Investigator narrative
A DELIVERY TRUCK DRIVER WAS FATALLY INJURED WHILE UNLOADING A TRAILER LOAD OF STEEL. THE LOAD SHIFTED AND HE WAS STRUCK BY A FALLING I-BEAM.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Activity at time
Observe Operations
Subunit / location
SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
Source of injury
STEEL RAIL (ALL KINDS)
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
HEAD,NEC
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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