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Case study · MSHA Record #219992070001
Maintenance Man fatality
July 7, 1999 at 3:00 PM
PIT #1
· Pagosa Cattle Company Inc
· Archuleta County, CO
Investigator narrative
WHILE WORKING WITHIN ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF A FRONT END LOADER THE HOOD FELL, CATCHING THE MAN BETWEEN THE REAR FRAME AND HOOD SIDE CAUSING FATAL CRUSHING INJURIES.
Record details
- Classification
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Source of injury
- METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
- Total mining experience
- 6 years
- Experience in this job
- 11 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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