Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #220180330013

Bulldozer Operator, Universal Operator, Heavy Equipment Operator, Operating Engineer

January 25, 2018 at 5:00 AM
Stripping #1 · Surface · Metal/Nonmetal
Polk County, IA
ClassificationPOWERED HAULAGE
TypeDrowning
Investigator narrative
EE was fatally injured when the articulated haul truck EE was operating traveled off of a haul road into a lake at the Hallett Materials sand and gravel pit. The crew was stockpiling production material during the night shift when they noticed EE was missing. Crew members began searching for the missing EE and found EE's haul truck submerged in water.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Haulage Or Dump Truck
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type
Drowning
Source of injury
WATER
Nature of injury
SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Total mining experience
4.58 years
Experience at this mine
0.1 years
Experience in this job
4.38 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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