Fatality · MSHA Record #220031320001

Coal/Ore Shovel Operator fatality at Pembroke Sand & Gravel (F L Merrill Construction Incorporated), NH, April 25, 2003

at 2:40 PM

On April 25, 2003, a coal/ore shovel operator was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Pembroke Sand & Gravel (F L Merrill Construction Incorporated), NH.

Pembroke Sand & Gravel · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: F L Merrill Construction Incorporated (Frank L Merrill)

Merrimack County, NH

Classification MACHINERY

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Investigator narrative

EXCAVATOR WAS POSITIONED ON TOP OF EMBANKMENT WITH TRACKS LONGITUDINALLY WITH BANK. BANK GAVE OU TIPPING EXCAVATOR ON OPERATOR SIDE OF MACHINE.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Power Shovel, Dragline
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
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 1 year
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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