Fatality · MSHA Record #219851160001

Bulldozer Operator fatality at NORRIS AGGREGATE PRODUCTS (Moberly Stone Company), MO, April 18, 1985

at 12:45 PM

On April 18, 1985, a bulldozer operator was fatally injured in a machinery accident at NORRIS AGGREGATE PRODUCTS (Moberly Stone Company), MO.

NORRIS AGGREGATE PRODUCTS · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Moberly Stone Company (William C Bruner et al)

Contractor on site: J3I

Randolph County, MO

Classification MACHINERY

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

Investigator narrative

I.NAME WAS OPERATING D8H CAT DOZER AND WORKING ON THE SLOPE TO BE RECLAIMED. HE ATTEMPTED TO JUMP WHEN THE DOZER FREE WHEELED BACKWARD AND WAS RAN OVER.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Escaping A Hazard
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: 25 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 25 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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