Fatality · MSHA Record #219841500187
Bulldozer Operator fatality at Kennecott-Carr Fork (Anaconda Minerals Company), UT, May 14, 1984
at 7:15 PM
On May 14, 1984, a bulldozer operator was fatally injured in a falling/sliding/rolling materials accident at Kennecott-Carr Fork (Anaconda Minerals Company), UT.
Tooele County, UT
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Type
Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Investigator narrative
AN EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A D-7 CAT DOZER, PUSHING MUD, ROCKS AND DEBRIS AWAY FROM THE MOUTH OF A CANYON. WITHOUT WARNING, A MASSIVE MUDSLIDE CAME OUT OF THE CANYON, STRIKING AND OVERTURNING T HE DOZER, APPRENTLY FATALLY INJURING HIM.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Bulldozer
- Subunit / location
- SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
- Source of injury
- LOOSE DIRT AND MUD
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 9 years
- Experience at this mine
- 9 years
- Experience in this job
- 8 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219841500187 · Mine ID 4201153
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