Front-End Loader fatality at 01 MINE (Rockbridge Stone Products Inc), VA, June 12, 2006

at 7:20 AM

On June 12, 2006, a front-end loader was fatally injured in a falling/sliding/rolling materials accident at 01 MINE (Rockbridge Stone Products Inc), VA.

01 MINE · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Rockbridge Stone Products Inc (Roy D Simmons Jr)

Rockbridge County, VA

Classification FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Type Struck by falling object

Investigator narrative

Employee was removing hydraulic line on Volvo loader. He had raised the bucket, remove front cover, taken 3 bolts out of line. The line then blew off then the main boom cylinder came down on top of him pinning him between differential and boom causing accident.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Source of injury: METAL,(Not Elsewhere Classified)(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: HEAD,NEC
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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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220061790021 · Mine ID 4400067 Trainer view →