Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #220011970001

Mine Manager, Mine Foreman, Mine Owner

April 2, 2001 at 11:00 AM
Big Island Concrete & Aggregate · Surface · Metal/Nonmetal
Hawaii County, HI
ClassificationMACHINERY
TypeCaught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Investigator narrative
EE WAS OPERATING THE D-8 DOZER IN RESTRICTED AREA. OPERATING BULLDOZER NEAR THE BASE OF A 60FT HIGHWALL WHEN THE WALL COLLAPSED, BURYING HIM
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Bulldozer
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Source of injury
CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Total mining experience
20 years
Experience at this mine
6 years
Experience in this job
20 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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