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Case study · MSHA Record #219962690001
Maintenance Man fatality
September 12, 1996 at 10:00 PM
COEUR MINE
· Silver Valley Resources Corp
· Shoshone County, ID
Investigator narrative
IT APPEARS THAT THE MINER LEFT HIS SAFE POSITIONAND FELLDOWN THE RAISE. EMP WAS WORKING TO UNPLUG SAND LINE IN 424 RAISE. SLIPPED AND FELL DOWN THE RAISE.
Record details
- Classification
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- Accident type
- Fall down raise, shaft or manway
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
- Mining method
- Conventional Stoping
- Source of injury
- MINE FLOOR,BOTTOM,FOOTWAL
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 22 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 22 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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