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Case study · MSHA Record #220042520030
Ledgeman/Hand fatality
August 24, 2004 at 3:30 PM
Meikle Mine
· Barrick Goldstrike Mines Inc
· Eureka County, NV
Investigator narrative
The employee had backed under a feed chute to get a load. He dismounted the truck to activate the feed belt. He mounted the truck and moved it to spread the load evenly as it filled. He dismounted the truck to shut off the feeder and the truck rolled forward, pinning him between the truck and a cement pillar.
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Haulage Or Dump Truck
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- VERTICAL SHAFT
- Mining method
- Conventional Stoping
- Source of injury
- HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 6 years
- Experience at this mine
- 6 years
- Experience in this job
- 6 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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