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Case study · MSHA Record #220073190003
Crane Operator fatality
November 5, 2007 at 11:00 AM
San Miguel Lignite Mine
· The North American Coal Corp
· Atascosa County, TX
Investigator narrative
While The Page dragline was still digging, the Assistant on the dragline crew entered the area in the back of the dragline w/o first notifying the dragline operator. The Assistant was injured when he was struck by the dragline shoe as the dragline turned to deposit a load of material. The Assistant was promptly transported to the hospital and he died there the following day.
Record details
- Classification
- MACHINERY
- Accident type
- Struck by powered moving object
- Activity at time
- Move Power Cable
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Underground location
- NO VALUE FOUND
- Mining method
- NO VALUE FOUND
- Source of injury
- SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- HEAD,NEC
- Total mining experience
- 4 years
- Experience at this mine
- 4 years
- Experience in this job
- 1 year
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Coal
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