November 18, 1999
IL · Metal/Non-Metal
backhoe operator, trackhoe operator
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Frank N Butler Company · Struck against a moving object
FROM PRELIMINARY: THE SCRAPER WAS ASCENDING A RAMP AFTER BEING LOADED AND STOPPED JUST AS IT APPROACHED THE CREST. IT TRAVELED BACKWARD DOWN RAMP ABOUT 90 FEET, PROCEEDED OVER THE HIGHWALL AND DROPPED 78 FEET TO THE QUARRY FLOOR.