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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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