Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #220020240001

Mine Manager, Mine Foreman, Mine Owner

January 12, 2002 at 10:00 AM
Daly Pit · Surface · Metal/Nonmetal
Campbell County, WY
ClassificationPOWERED HAULAGE
TypeCaught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
MECHANICAL BRAKE FAILURE RESULTING FROM AN ENGINE STALL CAUSED THE 966C FRONT-END LOADER TO ROLL BACKWARDS DOWN THE STOCKPILE RAMP INTO THE VICTIM AND HIS 2001 DODGE PICK-UP. THIS CAUSED THE V ICTIM TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO VEHICLES RESULTING IN FATAL INTERNAL INJURIES. OUR INVESTIGATION IS STILL PENDING ON WHAT CAUSED ANY BRAKE FAILURE.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Escaping A Hazard
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Total mining experience
30 years
Experience at this mine
1.32 years
Experience in this job
30 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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