Fatality · MSHA Record #220002130177

Front-End Loader fatality at Pit #1 43rd Ave (Rockland Materials), AZ, July 21, 2000

at 1:56 PM

On July 21, 2000, a front-end loader was fatally injured in an exploding vessels under pressure accident at Pit #1 43rd Ave (Rockland Materials), AZ.

Pit #1 43rd Ave · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Rockland Materials (Grant H Goodman)

Maricopa County, AZ

Classification EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

Type Contact with hot objects or substances

Investigator narrative

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING EXCESS AMTERIAL AT THE STOCK PILE AREA WITH A FRONT END LOADER. HE STRUCK A NATURAL GAS LINE CAUSING IT TO ERUPT INTO FLAMES CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES. THE P IPELINE WAS UNEXPECTEDLY AT A VERY SHALLOW DEPTH, AND THE VICTIM INADVERTENTLY DUG BELOW THE SURFACE LEVEL. THE ACCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE ANY COMPLIANCE ISSUES, MINER SKILLS, ATTITUDE, OR TRAI

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Front-End Loader
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source of injury: FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Nature of injury: BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 2 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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