Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #219872050001

Front-End Loader

July 16, 1987 at 9:15 AM
CRUSHING PLANT · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal
Marshall County, KS
Classification POWERED HAULAGE
Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
ACCIDENT VICTIM3WAS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR HAULER AND WAS ALONE AT THE QUARRY LOADING HIS TRUCK WITH A RUBBER TIRED FRONT END LOADER OWNED BY THE QUARRY OPERATOR. WHEN A QUARY EMP RETURNED TO THE QUARRY H9 FOUND THE FRONT END LOADER HAD OVERTURNED AT A DITCH WITH THE VICTIM BENEATH THE MACHINE. VICTIM WAS DEAD WHEN FOUND
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Front-End Loader
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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