Fatality · MSHA Record #219872950002

Front-End Loader fatality at Trident Plant & Quarry (Ideal Cement Company), MT, October 20, 1987

at 2:30 AM

On October 20, 1987, a front-end loader was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Trident Plant & Quarry (Ideal Cement Company), MT.

Trident Plant & Quarry · Facility · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Ideal Cement Company (Ideal Basic Industries Inc)

Gallatin County, MT

Classification MACHINERY

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Investigator narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING BRICK FROM THE KILN USING A CASE UNI-LOADER WITH A JACK HAMMER ATTACHMENT. HE LEANED OUT OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAB (RESON UNKNOWN) WITH THE HYDRALIC ARMS IN THE RAISED POSTION. THE A9M DROPPED AND PINNED THE EMPLOYEE AGAINST THE FRAME. HE LIFTED THE ARM OFF OF HIS BODY, SHUT OFF THE MACHINE AND WALKED APPROX. 20' BEFORE COLLAPPING.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Hand Tools (Powered)
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: DRIL-PRCUSV,HRD ROC,JKHMR
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: ABDOMEN/INTERNAL ORGANS
Total mining experience: 6 years
Experience at this mine: 6 years
Experience in this job: 1 year
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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