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Shaftcrew, Shaft Repair, Skip Tender, Station Tender fatality
January 11, 2015 at 12:16 PM
Leeville · Newmont USA Limited · Eureka County, NV
Investigator narrative
The employee was fatally injured when he was travelling on a shaft conveyance and came in contact with the shaft furnishings.
Record details
- Classification
- HOISTING
- Accident type
- Struck against stationary object
- Activity at time
- Caging, Operate Elevator
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Source of injury
- STEEL RAIL (ALL KINDS)
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Total mining experience
- 35.23 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0.23 years
- Experience in this job
- 2.17 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Metal/Nonmetal
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