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Case study · MSHA Record #219973640020
Maintenance Man fatality
December 17, 1997 at 11:30 AM
Crandall Canyon Mine
· Genwal Resources Inc
· Emery County, UT
Investigator narrative
A 5/8" WIRE ROPE CABLE WAS BEING WED THROUGH A SHIEVE WHEEL ATTACHED TO AN ANCHOR PIN TO PULL THE STAGELOADER CONVEYOR CHAIN. WHEN THE DECEASED INDIVIDUAL WALKED INTO THE AREA, THE ANCHOR PIN FAILED CAUSING THE FATAL INJURY.
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Struck by falling object
- Activity at time
- Walking, Running
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- INTERSECTION
- Mining method
- Longwall
- Source of injury
- DRUM,PULY,SHEAVE-NT CONVY
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- HEAD,NEC
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Coal
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