Fatality · MSHA Record #219831110083

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at Sundance Quarry (Summit Materials Inc), WY, April 15, 1983

at 12:20 PM

On April 15, 1983, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Sundance Quarry (Summit Materials Inc), WY.

Sundance Quarry · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Summit Materials Inc (Summit Inc)

Crook County, WY

Classification MACHINERY

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

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Investigator narrative

DOZER OPERATOR ENTERED AN AREA WHICH HAD BEEN STRIPPED OF TOP SOIL AND DRILLED FOR BLASTING. HE CAP ROCK LAY AT A 15 DEGREE SLOPE AND WAS WET. THE DOZER SLID SIDEWAYS FOR 50 FT, HITTING A HUM P IN THE CAP ROCK AND ROLLED. THE OPERATOR WAS CRUSHED. THE DOZER WAS MANUFACTURED IN DEC. OF 1968, RECEIVED BY CATERPILLAR DEALER 1/10/69, AND PURCHASED BY SUMMIT, INC. ON 3/13/69. VICTIM WAS

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Bulldozer
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)
Total mining experience: 5 years
Experience at this mine: 5 years
Experience in this job: 5 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219831110083 · Mine ID 4800011 Trainer view →