Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #219841740001

Maintenance Man

June 14, 1984 at 7:30 AM
Golberg Quarry · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal
Olmsted County, MN
Classification POWERED HAULAGE
Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
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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