Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #220080640055

Superintendent

February 25, 2008 at 10:18 AM
Wash Plant · Surface · Metal/Nonmetal
Racine County, WI
ClassificationMACHINERY
TypeDrowning
Investigator narrative
The victim was using an excavator to free a dragline from an ice-covered pit floor. The excavator traveled over an ice-covered, 10 feet deep ditch and broke through the ice. The victim was ejected and was recovered from the water about 6 hours after accident.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Power Shovel, Dragline
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type
Drowning
Source of injury
WATER
Nature of injury
SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Total mining experience
27 years
Experience at this mine
0.23 years
Experience in this job
2.63 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220080640055 · Mine ID 4703001Trainer view →