Fatality · MSHA Record #219841740001

Maintenance Man fatality at Golberg Quarry (Quarve & Anderson Company), MN, June 14, 1984

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On June 14, 1984, a maintenance man was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Golberg Quarry (Quarve & Anderson Company), MN.

Golberg Quarry · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Quarve & Anderson Company

Olmsted County, MN

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

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

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Investigator narrative

THE LOADER OPERATOR ASKED TAYLOR TO HELP FIND A AIRLEAK ON HIS LOADER. TAYLOR TOLD HIM TO START THE LOADER, BUILD UP AIR PRESSURE AND MOVE THE LOADER TO THE NORTH SIDE OF FIELD SHOP. THE OPERA TOR STARTED HIS MACHINE, BUILT AIR PRESSURE AND STARTED TO MOVE. I,NAME APPARENTLY FOLLOWEDTHE OPERATOR TO THE MACHINE AND AT THE MOVEMENT OF THE MACHINE HAD CLIMBED ON THE REAR PLATFORM OF T

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Machine Maintenance
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: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 21 years
Experience at this mine: 18 years
Experience in this job: 21 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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