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Case study · MSHA Record #219862720002

Front-End Loader fatality

September 10, 1986 at 5:15 PM
Hwy 63 North Quarry · Jeff-Cole Quarries Inc · Boone County, MO
Investigator narrative
FRONT END LOADE9 WAS LOADING ROCK, OPERATOR WAS BACKING UP ENGINE ON LOADER QUIT, LOADER WAS ON INCLINE AND STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS. OPERATED THEN DECIDED TO LEAVE LOADER WHILE ROLLING BACKW ARDS, FALLING O3 WHEEL CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO BE VRUSHED TO DEATH.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Escaping A Hazard
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience
26 years
Experience at this mine
26 years
Experience in this job
8 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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