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POWERED HAULAGE

Fatal · 220170900014 · 03/24/2017 · Black Rock Services LLC

Details

Degree of injury
FATALITY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Miner, Prospector, NEC
Activity
Idle
Injury source
PASS CARS,PICKUP TRUCKS
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part
TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost
Mine experience
1.12 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Robert Caldwell; Dale Armstrong
Operator
Black Rock Services LLC
Mine
2902450

Narrative

Approx. 8-8:30 pm after shift, employee drove a vehicle onto mine site and stopped close to generator, left vehicle running, gear selector in drive position, did not set emergency brake or chalk wheels. Got out and started generator. EE appeared to have come out of generator and stopped in front of vehicle to urinate, back to vehicle. Vehicle rolled, pinned EE against generator.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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