Fatality · MSHA Record #220021220037

Miner fatality at DAKOTA MAHOGANY QUARRY (Dakota Granite Company), SD, April 22, 2002

at 9:30 AM

On April 22, 2002, a miner was fatally injured in a machinery accident at DAKOTA MAHOGANY QUARRY (Dakota Granite Company), SD.

DAKOTA MAHOGANY QUARRY · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Dakota Granite Company (Richard Dilts)

Grant County, SD

Classification MACHINERY

Type Caught 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
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 1 year
Experience at this mine: 1 year
Experience in this job: 1 year
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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