Mine Manager fatality at Big Island Concrete & Aggregate (Kona Cinder & Soil Inc), HI, April 2, 2001

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On April 2, 2001, a mine manager was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Big Island Concrete & Aggregate (Kona Cinder & Soil Inc), HI.

Big Island Concrete & Aggregate · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Kona Cinder & Soil Inc (Charles Harlan)

Hawaii County, HI

Classification MACHINERY

Type Caught 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
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
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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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220011970001 · Mine ID 5100235 Trainer view →