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Case study · MSHA Record #220131000026

Outside Foreman fatality

April 4, 2013 at 2:47 PM
Freeport-McMoRan Bagdad Inc · Yavapai County, AZ
Investigator narrative
The crew was attempting to align a section of pipe, which is 40 feet long, when the 2 pipes disconnected and 1 end of the pipe that the crew was trying to install slipped out of the joint and struck the employee. An excavator was being used to position a 36" pipe diameter by 40' long section pipe to connect it to another section of pipe.
Record details
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Activity at time
Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Underground location
NO VALUE FOUND
Mining method
NO VALUE FOUND
Source of injury
RBR,GLS,PLSTC,FIBRGLS,FAB
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience
6 years
Experience at this mine
3 years
Experience in this job
0 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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