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Usmx Inc operator

Controlled by Pegasus Gold Inc Et Al

MSHA operator ID: L11642

Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 25
Mines on record: 4
Years on record: 1988–1992

Top causes

MACHINERY 1 fatality · 2 non-fatal
EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE 1 fatality
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 7 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 6 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 4 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1992

1991

3 (1f)

1990

1989

1988

9 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

July 19, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man Fatality · EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

Usmx Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED REMOVING A 24"X24" MAN HOLE COVER AT THE TOP OF A 27 FT. HIGH LIME SILO, THE SILO WAS UNDER PRESSURE, EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 16 OZ HAMMER TO LOOSEN THE COVER, DO TO THE EXTREN E PRESSURE IN THE SILO THE COVER CAME OFF STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE DEAD.

June 7, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · MACHINERY

Usmx Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUG MILL NOT LOCKED OUT WAS ENERGIZED WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF EMPLOYEE WHO WAS WORKING INSIDE PUG MILL ADVERSE TO INSTRUCTIONS.

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