Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was standing on the left side catwalk of a 777F rock truck, near the rear of the cab, when the dump bed came down, crushing him between the bed and the catwalk handrail.
Robert J Reed SrController
MSHA Controller ID: 0041373
- Fatalities
- 2
- Total incidents
- 63
- Mines on record
- 6
- Years on record
- 2002–2012
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 7 non-fatal
- MACHINERY1 fatality · 3 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON25 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS16 non-fatal
- OTHER2 non-fatal
- EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2012
7
2011
5
2010
4
2009
7 (1f)
2008
7 (1f)
2007
9
2006
11
2005
6
2004
3
2003
2
2002
2
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
Fatalities under this controller
2 recordedStruck by flying object
The victim (mechanic) removed fuel injector from engine and then instructed his helper to turn the engine over. Diesel fuel and/or air came out of the 1/4 inch injector hole and struck him in the left eye and entered his brain, causing fatal injury.