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Case study · MSHA Record #220002660001

Front-End Loader fatality

September 13, 2000 at 6:15 PM
Canarico Quarries · Canarico Quarries Inc · Santa Isabel County, PR
Investigator narrative
A FATA ACCIDENT ACCOURED IN THE BC-03 PRIMARY CRUSHER AREA. THE GEHL MODEL 3825 SKID STEER LOADER OPEARTOR WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE BUCKET ARM AND FRONT FRAME CRUSHIG HIS HEAD.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Front-End Loader
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience
1 year
Experience at this mine
1 year
Experience in this job
1 year
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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