Front-End Loader, Scraper-Loader Operator, Pan Operator, Payloader, Scraper Rig Operator fatality

March 19, 2009 at 10:00 AM

Ivanhoe Concentrator · Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Company · Grant County, NM

Investigator narrative

Employee got out of cab and stepped toward window & knee gave out. Employee did not slip or trip, footing was good, maintained 3 point contact, from a flat surface, but as employee shifted his weight his knee gave out.

Record details

Classification: OTHER
Accident type: Bodily reaction, NEC
Activity at time: Walking, Running
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury: BODILY MOTION
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Total mining experience: 32.5 years
Experience at this mine: 17.15 years
Experience in this job: 4 years
Mine type: Facility
Sector: Metal/Nonmetal

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