Fatality · MSHA Record #219851680002

Front-End Loader fatality at Marathon Wash Plant (County Concrete Corp), WI, May 15, 1985

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On May 15, 1985, a front-end loader was fatally injured in a falling/sliding/rolling materials accident at Marathon Wash Plant (County Concrete Corp), WI.

Marathon Wash Plant · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: County Concrete Corp (Tim Sonnentag et al)

Marathon County, WI

Classification FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Type Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

Investigator narrative

CRAWLED INTO LARGE SAND HOPPER TO REMOVE A STONE FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE HOPPER. SAND THAT WAS ON THE SIDES OF THE HOPPER COLLAPSED AS HE WAS IN THE HOPPER COVERING HIM.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Handling Coal, Rock, Ore
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Source of injury: SAND,GRAVEL,SHELL
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 13 years
Experience at this mine: 1 year
Experience in this job: 1 year
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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