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Case study · MSHA Record #219992140002
Belt Foreman fatality
July 21, 1999 at 10:00 AM
Grizzly Bear Mine
· Zmk Mine Construction Inc
· Ouray County, CO
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON 125 EIMCO-JARVIS LOADER (LHD);HE FAILED TO BLOCK BUCKET OF LOADED OF LOADER BEFORE MAINTENANCE BEGUN. APPARENTLY, IN TIGHTENING THE FITTING TO LIFT CYLIN DER, THE FITTING BROKE, RELEASING THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CAUSING BUCKET TO COME DOWN ON HIM, PINNING HIM AGAINST FRAME AND BUCKET LIFT ARM.
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
- Source of injury
- SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 16 years
- Experience at this mine
- 9 years
- Experience in this job
- 15 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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