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

June 12, 2000 at 11:20 AM

Maple Hill Quarry · B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Monroe County, IN

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

Classification: FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Activity at time: Enter/Work In Bins, Silos
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
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
Mine type: Surface
Sector: Metal/Nonmetal

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