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Case study · MSHA Record #220212930011
Warehouseman fatality
October 1, 2021 at 9:15 AM
Ovyn #1 Pit
· Dennis Ovyn Trucking Inc
· Taylor County, WI
Investigator narrative
A miner entered a surge bin to free stuck material. The material collapsed and engulfed the miner.
Record details
- Classification
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
- Activity at time
- Enter/Work In Bins, Silos
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Underground location
- NO VALUE FOUND
- Mining method
- NO VALUE FOUND
- Source of injury
- SAND,GRAVEL,SHELL
- Nature of injury
- SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
- Body part affected
- BODY SYSTEMS
- Total mining experience
- 5 years
- Experience at this mine
- 5 years
- Experience in this job
- 5 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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