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

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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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