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Case study · MSHA Record #220002490195
Stoper Miner fatality
August 24, 2000 at 6:20 AM
Storm Exploration Decline
· Barrick Goldstrike Mines Inc
· Eureka County, NV
Investigator narrative
THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING FROM THE GALLOWAY WORK PLATFORM IN THE BOTTOM OF THE RODEO VENTILATION SHAFT. THEY HAD JUST FINISHED LOADING AND WIRING IN THE BLAST FOR THE END OF SHIFT. THE ORE BU CKET HAD BEEN CALLED FOR SO THAT THE CREW COULD RIDE BACK OUT TO THE COLLAR FOR THE BLAST TIME AND SHIFT END. AS THE ORE BUCKET ENTERED THE BUCKET WELL OF THE GALLOWAY, THE EMPLOYEE LEANED OV
Record details
- Classification
- HOISTING
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Handling Explosives
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- NOT MARKED
- Mining method
- Conventional Stoping
- Source of injury
- ELEVATORS,CAGES,SKIPS,ETC
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- HEAD,NEC
- Total mining experience
- 16 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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