Mining Incidents

Robert Pittington Sr; Robert Pittington JrController

MSHA Controller ID: 0041129
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Period

Top causes

  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality

Incident timeline

2002
1 (1f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
Struck by powered moving object

THE FRONT-END LOADER OPERATOR WAS BACK-FILLING AROUND A NEWLY INSTALLED TRUCK SCALE WHEN HE BACKED OVER THE VICTIM WITH THE LOADER, WHICH RESULTED IN A FATAL INJURY.