Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #220032870041

Mine Manager, Mine Foreman, Mine Owner

October 1, 2003 at 8:30 AM
Red Bluff Pit · Surface · Metal/Nonmetal
Autauga County, AL
ClassificationMACHINERY
TypeCaught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CRANE TO MOVE A GENERATOR THAT WAS POSITIONED ON THE BANK OF A SETTLING POND. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE MOVED THE GENERATOR WITH THE CRANE, THE CRANE TIPPED OVER. THE CAB WAS CRUSHED ON IMPACT WITH THE GROUND FATALLY INJURING THE EMPLOYEE.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Surface Equipment, Nec
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Source of injury
CRANES,DERRICKS
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Total mining experience
27 years
Experience at this mine
1 year
Experience in this job
15 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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