Fatality · MSHA Record #220022940002

Front-End Loader, Scraper-Loader Operator, Pan Operator, Payloader, Scraper Rig Operator

Name: Front-End Loader, Scraper-Loader Operator, Pan Operator, Payloader, Scraper Rig Operator fatality at Powley Gravel Pit
Start: 2002-10-14
Location: Powley Gravel Pit

October 14, 2002 at 9:30 PM

Powley Gravel Pit · Surface · Metal/Nonmetal

Operator: Powley Sand & Gravel-Div/Seneca Petroleum Co Inc (O E Hulse III)

Woodford County, IL

ClassificationFALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

TypeStruck by falling object

Investigator narrative

A LOADER OPERATOR WAS SMOTHERED BY A FALL OF MATERIAL FROM THE SAND FACE WHERE HE WAS OPERATING.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Idle
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Source of injury: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Total mining experience: 0.3 years
Experience at this mine: 0.3 years
Experience in this job: 0.3 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220022940002 · Mine ID 1101848Trainer view →