Fatality · MSHA Record #220001710096
Front-End Loader, Scraper-Loader Operator, Pan Operator, Payloader, Scraper Rig Operator
June 12, 2000 at 11:20 AM
Operator: B G Hoadley Quarries Inc (Patsy H Fell-Barker)
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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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220001710096 · Mine ID 1201039Trainer view →