Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #220001710096

Front-End Loader, Scraper-Loader Operator, Pan Operator, Payloader, Scraper Rig Operator

June 12, 2000 at 11:20 AM
Maple Hill Quarry · Surface · Metal/Nonmetal
Monroe County, IN
ClassificationFALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
TypeStruck by falling object
Investigator narrative
EE WAS DIGGING OUT BLOCKS FROM BLOCK STACK. HE HAD REMOVED TWO BLOCKS FROM THE STACK, AND PARKED HIS OADER ABOUT 15 FEET AWAY FROM THE BLOCKS. HE THEN GOT OUT OF THE LOADER TO EXAMINE THE TWO BLOCKS WHICH WERE ABOUT 4 FEET APART. THE BACK BLOCK WAS UNSTABLE AND TIPPED FORWARD FATALLY CRUSHING HIM BETWEEN IT AND THE FRONT BLOCK.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Enter/Work In Bins, Silos
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Source of injury
CEMENT PROD,CONCRET BLOCK
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Total mining experience
17.61 years
Experience at this mine
17.3 years
Experience in this job
17.61 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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