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Case study · MSHA Record #220141080023

Laborer fatality

April 11, 2014 at 8:45 AM
MLC - Ste. Genevieve · MLC · Ste Genevieve County, MO
Investigator narrative
Employee was scaling from a man basket on a boom truck when large slabs of rock struck the boom causing it to separate from the boom.
Record details
Classification
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Accident type
Fall from machine
Activity at time
Bar Down, Includes Scaling
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Underground location
FACE
Mining method
Other
Source of injury
MINE FLOOR,BOTTOM,FOOTWAL
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
HEAD, MULTIPLE PARTS
Total mining experience
8 years
Experience at this mine
8 years
Experience in this job
7 years
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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