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Case study · MSHA Record #220250580003
Prep Plant Foreman fatality
February 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
GCC Dacotah Inc
· Pennington County, SD
Investigator narrative
A miner received fatal injuries. After a bridge collapsed that the miner was operating a skid steer loader on. The miner was clearing refractory brick form a rotary kiln. The bridge that was installed by the property owner collapsed. The skid steer fell approximately 10 feet into a hopper, causing the payload of brick to engulf the operator causing fatal wounds.
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between NEC
- Activity at time
- Front-End Loader
- Subunit / location
- MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
- Source of injury
- BRICK,CERAMIC
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 6 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 6 years
- Mine type
- Facility
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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