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Case study · MSHA Record #219840300182

Barge/Boat/Dredge/Towbarge/Towboat/Leach Operator fatality

November 9, 1983 at 4:15 PM
Willamette Falls Plant · Western-Pacific Construction Materials Company · Clackamas County, OR
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
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Fall from machine
Activity at time
Handling Supplies Or Material
Subunit / location
DREDGE
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
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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