Bulldozer Operator, Universal Operator, Heavy Equipment Operator, Operating Engineer fatality

June 14, 2000 at 4:50 PM

New Iberia Plant · Excalibar Minerals Of Louisiana LLC · Iberia County, LA

Investigator narrative

STOCKPILING ORE AT MILL SITE STOCKPILE AREA. DUMP TRUCK DUMPED HIS LOAD ON STOCKPILE AND BEGAN TO PULL AWAY FROM PILE. WHILE SLOWING PULLING FORWARD AND BEGGINING TO TURN TO THE RIGHT, THE HAU L TRUCK RAN OVER A DOZER OPERATOR WHO WAS IN FRONT OF DUMP TRUCK THE INJURY WAS FATAL.

Record details

Classification: POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time: Bulldozer
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury: HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Total mining experience: 2 years
Experience at this mine: 0.15 years
Experience in this job: 4 years
Mine type: Facility
Sector: Metal/Nonmetal

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