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Case study · MSHA Record #219860550177

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality

February 11, 1986 at 9:15 AM
Riverside Stone · Yager Materials LLC · Meade County, KY
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
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Activity at time
Handling Coal, Rock, Ore
Subunit / location
SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
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
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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