Car Dropper, Car Shake Out Operator

The locomotive was coming back into the plant when EE had crossed over to the old scales side road. He got out of his truck & started to cross the tracks when the locomotive operator saw him. They heard him on the radio say he had broke the 7 car. A coworker asked another coworker if he could see him & when he looked back he saw him on the tracks. He had been hit by the locomotive.

Activity at time of incident

Walking, Running

Subunit / location

STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT

Accident type

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Source of injury

STD G RAIL CR,MTR-SURF EQ

Nature of injury

AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION

Total mining experience

1.6 years

Experience at this mine

1.6 years

Experience in this job

1.42 years

Degree of injury

FATALITY