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Case study · MSHA Record #220052980005
Laborer fatality
October 18, 2005 at 1:00 PM
Intrepid Potash East
· Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC
· Eddy County, NM
Investigator narrative
Employee parked water wagon, got off, didn't chock wheels or set park brake. Vehicle rolled, he either slipped and fell under Rt tire or tire knocked him down and ran up on lower torso.
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Getting On Or Off Equipment
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- INTERSECTION
- Mining method
- Continuous Mining
- Source of injury
- PASS CARS,PICKUP TRUCKS
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 3 years
- Experience at this mine
- 2 years
- Experience in this job
- 2 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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