Fatality · MSHA Record #219840300182

Barge/Boat/Dredge/Towbarge/Towboat/Leach Operator fatality at Willamette Falls Plant (Western-Pacific Construction Materials Company), OR, November 9, 1983

at 4:15 PM

On November 9, 1983, a barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Willamette Falls Plant (Western-Pacific Construction Materials Company), OR.

Willamette Falls Plant · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Western-Pacific Construction Materials Company (Lone Star Industries Inc)

Clackamas County, OR

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Fall from machine

Investigator narrative

BILL GREENE LOST HIS BALANCE AS THE TWO BARGES BUMPED TOGETHER AND WAS ENOUGH TO DUMP HIM OFF IN THE RIVER THIS BUMPING OF THE DREDGE D B SKOOKIM AND A MATERIAL BARGE WAS WHEN THE CREW WAS CHANGING THE BARGES

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Handling Supplies Or Material
Subunit / location: DREDGE
Accident type: Fall from machine
Source of injury: WATER
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 30 years
Experience at this mine: 30 years
Experience in this job: 8 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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