Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #220210820011

Mine Manager, Mine Foreman, Mine Owner

March 5, 2021 at 10:30 AM
Otter Creek Sand & Gravel (CS-68) · Surface · Metal/Nonmetal
Fulton County, IL
ClassificationMACHINERY
TypeStruck against a moving object
Investigator narrative
Victim was clearing brush with the excavator near pond and the bank appears to have given away causing the excavator to fall into the water and become totally submerged. It is not known if victim drowned or was fatally injured in the accident. We are uncertain of the exact time of the accident. The accident occurred between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Power Shovel, Dragline
Subunit / location
DREDGE
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Source of injury
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Total mining experience
43 years
Experience at this mine
43 years
Experience in this job
32.6 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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