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Bulldozer Operator, Universal Operator, Heavy Equipment Operator, Operating Engineer fatality
June 30, 2015 at 11:00 AM
CEC #4 · P A Landers Inc · Plymouth County, MA
Investigator narrative
The mine slope collapsed trapping our miner in his machine. The recovery effort was not successful and the employee expired at the mine site.
Record details
- Classification
- FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
- Activity at time
- Front-End Loader
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Source of injury
- SAND,GRAVEL,SHELL
- Nature of injury
- SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
- Total mining experience
- 19 years
- Experience at this mine
- 11 years
- Experience in this job
- 19 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Nonmetal
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