Drowning
The victim was operating an excavator near a canal when the excavator tipped on its side and went in the water. The victim was able to get out of the cab and transported to a hospital where he died at 5:45 p.m.
Potash Corp Of SaskatchewanController
MSHA Controller ID: M10838
- Fatalities
- 2
- Total incidents
- 283
- Mines on record
- 4
- Period
- —
Top causes
- MACHINERY1 fatality · 41 non-fatal
- FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS1 fatality · 3 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS76 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON47 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)35 non-fatal
- DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)22 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2017
13
2016
15
2015
11 (1f)
2014
19
2013
23
2012
10
2011
14 (1f)
2010
8
2009
16
2008
16
2007
20
2006
16
2005
22
2004
18
2003
9
2002
15
2001
17
2000
21
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
Fatalities under this controller
2 recordedStruck by falling object
Victim was part of a crew that was welding hdpe pipe using a McElroy fusion machine. While attempting to position pipe in to fusion machine, using an excavator, the pipe struck the victim in the head.