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Case study · MSHA Record #219990140007
Truck Driver fatality
January 10, 1999 at 12:20 PM
Meikle Mine
· Barrick Goldstrike Mines Inc
· Eureka County, NV
Investigator narrative
THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE 1625 LEVEL-3375 ACCESS. A LOADED 30-TON HAUL TRUCK BACKED INTO A SPACE OCCUPIED BY A 22 TON HAUL TRUCK COPNTACTING THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT AND RESULTING IN CRUS HING INJURIES TO THE OPERATOR. ER CAR WAS PROVIDED AT THE SCENE AND THE EE WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL. HE WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Haulage Or Dump Truck
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
- Mining method
- Conventional Stoping
- Source of injury
- HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Experience at this mine
- 1 year
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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