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Case study · MSHA Record #219870580016
Bulldozer Operator fatality
January 27, 1986 at 9:00 AM
Plant #1
· Cotton County
· Cotton County, OK
Investigator narrative
I.NAME WAS WORK3NG IN A GRAVEL PIT. HE WAS STANDING BETWEEN THE STEEL TRA CK & THE BODY OF A T RACK LOADER. HE WAS REPLACING A SHIELD ON THE ENGINE OF THE LOADER, WHICH WAS RUNNING. THE BUCK ET WAS IN THE U1 POSITION. DRIVER OF THE LOADER LOWERED THE BUCKET, NOT KNOWING THAT I.NAME WAS WORKING ON THE VEHICLE. THE POSITION I.NAME WAS IN MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO EXTRACT HIMSELF AND HE
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- 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
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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