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Case study · MSHA Record #220072600042
Outside Foreman fatality
September 7, 2007 at 10:30 AM
Canarico Quarries
· Canarico Quarries Inc
· Santa Isabel County, PR
Investigator narrative
For unexplained reasons, the miner gained access to a secondary road, adjacent from where he was instructed to do road maintenance. Miner removed berm and came too close to road edge, loosing control of equipment and falling through a steep slope, rolling over with the machine. This resulted in miners death. Miner was not wearing seat belt.
Record details
- Classification
- MACHINERY
- Accident type
- Struck against a moving object
- Activity at time
- Front-End Loader
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Source of injury
- SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 21 years
- Experience at this mine
- 7 years
- Experience in this job
- 7 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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