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MACHINERY
Fatal · 220260820024 · 03/12/2026 · Kennecott Utah Copper LLC
Details
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
- Classification
- MACHINERY
- Accident type
- Struck by powered moving object
- Occupation
- Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- Activity
- Machine maintenance
- Injury source
- SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part
- TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
- Days lost
- —
- Mine experience
- 0.42 years
Operator
- Controller (parent)
- Rio Tinto Group
- Operator
- Kennecott Utah Copper LLC
- Mine
- 4201392
Narrative
At approximately 05.12am on the 12th March 2026, a mechanic was struck by a drill boom in a surface workshop, causing fatal injuries.
Source
- Authoritative
- MSHA Open Government Data
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown