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Case study · MSHA Record #220180330013

Bulldozer Operator fatality

January 25, 2018 at 5:00 AM
Stripping #1 · Hallett Materials · Polk County, IA
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
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Drowning
Activity at time
Haulage Or Dump Truck
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
WATER
Nature of injury
SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected
BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience
4 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
4 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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