November 24, 1992
ND · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
The Coteau Properties Company · Struck against a moving object
A FLEET OF SCRAPERS WAS HAULING SUBSOIL TO A STOCKPILE.TWO CAT 651 SCRAPERS COLLIDED HEAD-ON ON THE HAUL ROAD.THE HAUL ROAD WAS WIDE ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE TRAFFIC.THE HAUL ROAD WAS IN GOOD COND ITION AND VISIBILITY WAS GOOD.IT APPEARS THAT THE MAN THAT WAS FATALLY INJURED WAS ON THE WRONG LANE.