EMPLOYEE WAS PU8HING MATERIAL FROM AN OLD WASHER FINES POND. THE POND HAD BEEN DRAINED AND ALLOWED TO DRY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. HE WAS PUSHING THE MATERIAL OVER THE HIGHWALL WHEN A SECTION BEHIN D HIM BROKE LOO8E ENGULFING THE DOZER TO WINDOW LEVEL AND PUSHED THE DOZER OVER THE HIGHWALL.
Taylor Walter Scott Sr & Jr controller
MSHA controller ID: C00864
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Top causes
- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 5 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 18 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 9 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 3 non-fatal
- FIRE 2 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
1992
1
1989
10
1988
6
1987
10 (1f)
1986
4
1985
3
1984
2
1983
7
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
Fatalities under this controller
1 recorded
August 12, 1987
AL · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
Fatality · MACHINERY
Drummond Company, Inc. · Struck against a moving object
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