Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #220222490002

Mine Manager, Mine Foreman, Mine Owner

August 4, 2022 at 3:45 PM
Wooten Sand & Gravel, Inc. · Surface · Metal/Nonmetal
Miller County, AR
ClassificationMACHINERY
TypeCaught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
Employee was servicing a dozer alone with the machine running & it was somehow put in gear & started moving. Before the employee could get out of the way the machine trapped employee's foot & started pulling employee in between the track & the cab, which led to employee being run over by the machine. This is our best guess as there were no actual witnesses to the event.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Machine Maintenance
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
CRUSHING
Total mining experience
14.17 years
Experience at this mine
14.17 years
Experience in this job
14.17 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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