Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #220141190016

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver, Transportation Truck Driver

April 17, 2014 at 3:45 PM
Hafenstine Plant #1 · Surface · Metal/Nonmetal
Wabaunsee County, KS
ClassificationMACHINERY
TypeCaught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
Victim was caught between track hoe bucket and haul truck. An excavator was loading material in a haul truck parked in the pit. When the victim exited the truck, he was struck by the bucket of the excavator and pinned against the truck.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Walking, Running
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Total mining experience
4 years
Experience at this mine
4 years
Experience in this job
4 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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