Fatality · MSHA Record #219862240001

Bulldozer Operator fatality at Deer Creek Mine (Energy West Mining Company), UT, August 4, 1986

at 3:20 PM

On August 4, 1986, a bulldozer operator was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Deer Creek Mine (Energy West Mining Company), UT.

Deer Creek Mine · Underground · Coal

Operator: Energy West Mining Company (MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company)

Emery County, UT

Classification MACHINERY

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

Investigator narrative

TRUCK DRIVER FA7ALLY INJURED AS RESULT OF BEING STRUCK BY ROAD GRADER.I.NAME HAD BEEN OPERATING TRACTOR PULLING WATER WAGON.STOPPED TO ADJUST WATER SPRAYS AT REAR OF WATER WAGON.I.NAME OPERATI NG GRADER,DIDNT3SEE I.NAME.FRONT END OF GRADER STRUCK I.NAME PINNING HIM AGAINST REAR END OF WATER WAGON.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Handling Supplies Or Material
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Total mining experience: 11 years
Experience at this mine: 11 years
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219862240001 · Mine ID 4200121 Trainer view →