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Case study · MSHA Record #220090900044

Front-End Loader fatality

March 19, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Ivanhoe Concentrator · Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Company · Grant County, NM
Investigator narrative
Employee got out of cab and stepped toward window & knee gave out. Employee did not slip or trip, footing was good, maintained 3 point contact, from a flat surface, but as employee shifted his weight his knee gave out.
Record details
Classification
OTHER
Accident type
Bodily reaction, NEC
Activity at time
Walking, Running
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Underground location
NO VALUE FOUND
Mining method
NO VALUE FOUND
Source of injury
BODILY MOTION
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part affected
KNEE/PATELLA
Total mining experience
32 years
Experience at this mine
17 years
Experience in this job
4 years
Mine type
Facility
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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