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Case study · MSHA Record #219860150001

Bulldozer Operator fatality

January 10, 1986 at 6:15 AM
Sunbeam · Sunbeam Coal Corp · Butler County, PA
Investigator narrative
UNIT 195 A 19763MODEL R50 ROCK TRUCK DRIVEN BY I.NAME WAS DUMPING A LOAD OF ROCKS AND WAS SLIGHTLY MOVING FORWARD AT WHICH TIME UNIT #232 A MODEL D9G CATERPILLAR DRIVEN BY I.NAME, VICTIM, PULL ED UP WITHIN 153FT AND IN FRONT OF UNIT #195 THE VICTIM PUT THE DOZER BLADE DOWN AND GOT OUT OT OPERATORS CAB STOOD ON THE CATS OF THE DOZER NEAR THE AIR CLEANER ON THE DOZER AND MOTIONED TO
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Activity at time
Observe Operations
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
HEAD, MULTIPLE PARTS
Total mining experience
40 years
Experience at this mine
20 years
Experience in this job
7 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Coal
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