Fatality · MSHA Record #219833000001
Bulldozer Operator fatality at No 2 Surface (Freeman Branch Mining), WV, October 19, 1983
at 3:45 PM
On October 19, 1983, a bulldozer operator was fatally injured in a machinery accident at No 2 Surface (Freeman Branch Mining), WV.
Classification
MACHINERY
Type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
VICTIM WAS OPERATING D8K BULLDOZER WHILE DOING SLOPE & BENCH WORK IN A VALLEY FILL AREA, THE AREA WAS APPAROXIMATELY A 2:1 RATIO. BEGINNINGT ON EITHER THE FACE OF THE SLOPE OR THE BENCH AR EA ITSELF, THE DOZER BEGAN TO TRAVEL IN A REVERSE MOTION CONTINUING OVER THE EDGE OF THE BENCH AND DOWN THE SLOPE FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 400 FT. TO THE VALLEY FLOOR. AS THE DOZER WE
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Escaping A Hazard
- 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
- UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 10 years
- Experience at this mine
- 10 years
- Experience in this job
- 6 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219833000001 · Mine ID 4601375
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