Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #220001290003

Mine Manager, Mine Foreman, Mine Owner

April 25, 2000 at 2:00 PM
Claremore Quarry · Surface · Metal/Nonmetal
Rogers County, OK
ClassificationPOWERED HAULAGE
TypeStruck by powered moving object
Investigator narrative
LOADER OPERATOR OTHER INFORMED HIS FOREMAN, EE THAT HIS LOADER HAD AN OIL LEAK. EE TOLD OTHER THAT HE COULDN'T FIND THE LEAK, CLIMBED DOWN, WENT TO HIS PICKUP TRUCK FOR A FLASHLIGHT, RETURNED, & CLIMBED UNDER THE LOADER TO LOOK FOR LEAK. OTHER THINKING THEY WERE DONE, CLOSED THE COWLING, GET INTO THE CAB, AND PUT THE LOADER IN REVERSE. EE HEARING THE BACKUP ALARM, UNSUCESSFULLY TRI
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type
Struck by powered moving object
Source of injury
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Total mining experience
34 years
Experience at this mine
11.57 years
Experience in this job
26 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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