Fatality · MSHA Record #219860550177

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at Riverside Stone (Yager Materials LLC), KY, February 11, 1986

at 9:15 AM

On February 11, 1986, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Riverside Stone (Yager Materials LLC), KY.

Riverside Stone · Underground · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Yager Materials LLC (Pat A Yager)

Meade County, KY

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Struck by falling object

Investigator narrative

EE WAS OPERATIN1 A BOBCAT LOADER. THERE WAS A ROCK UNDER THE PEDALS. THE BUCKET WAS ON THE GROUND ON ITS NOSE & THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING. EE WENT TO THE FRONT OF THE MACHINE TO REMOVE THE ROCK EE REMOVED THE3ROCK & MACHINE TRIED TO LOWER THE BUCKET WHICH WAS ALREADY ON THE GROUND. THIS CAUSED THE FRONT OF T HE MACHINE TO LIFT UP. EE WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN THE MACHINE BODY & A CROSS B

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Handling Coal, Rock, Ore
Subunit / location: SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Source of injury: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Total mining experience: 0 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219860550177 · Mine ID 1500081 Trainer view →