Fatality · MSHA Record #220021220037
Miner, Nec
April 22, 2002 at 9:30 AM
Operator: Dakota Granite Company (Richard Dilts)
Grant County, SD
ClassificationMACHINERY
TypeCaught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Investigator narrative
WHEN OPERATING SLOT DRILL, IT APPEARS HE GOT BETWEEN THE DRILL STEEL AND HIGHWALL AND HIS CLOTHING BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE ROTATING DRILL STEEL. THE CLOTHING WAS PULLED TIGHT AROUND HIS CHEST CAUSING HIM TO BE SUFFOCATED.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Auger (Surface)
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
- Source of injury
- APPAREL,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
- Nature of injury
- SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
- Total mining experience
- 1.01 years
- Experience at this mine
- 1.01 years
- Experience in this job
- 1.01 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220021220037 · Mine ID 3900009Trainer view →