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POWERED HAULAGE

220002720061 · 09/19/2000 · Equatorial Tonopah Inc

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Fall to the walkway or working surface
Occupation
Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity
Move non-self-propelled equip
Injury source
GROUND
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost
6
Mine experience
0.09 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Equatorial Mining N L
Operator
Equatorial Tonopah Inc
Mine
2602364

Narrative

FRONT END LOADER & 1"" X 60' CABLE WERE BEING USED TO MOVE A SKID MOUNTED TRANSFORMER FOR CRUSHING AND CONVEYING ON LEACH PAD. EE WAS GROUNDPERSON FOR LOADER OPERATOR. EE SAYS CABLE HIT HIM AND FLIPPED HIM. WAS AT FIRST THOUGHT HIS LEG MIGHTBE BROKEN. LEG ACTUALLY BRUISED, ELBOW BROKEN AND TWO VERTEBRAE THOUGHT TO BE FRACTURED.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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