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FIRE

220190090011 · 01/01/2019 · Kennecott Utah Copper LLC

Details

Degree of injury
ACCIDENT ONLY
Classification
FIRE
Accident type
Accident type, without injuries
Occupation
Activity
Injury source
Nature of injury
Body part
Days lost
Mine experience
— years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Rio Tinto Group
Operator
Kennecott Utah Copper LLC
Mine
4200149

Narrative

Wesco bulk truck arrived on the pattern and was positioning to load the first blast hole. Operator saw smoke then flames come from behind the cab and exited truck, May Day initiated and mine evacuated to 5000ft.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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