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Case study · MSHA Record #219871170227

Front-End Loader fatality

April 21, 1987 at 2:00 PM
CRUSHER UNIT #1 · P W Ryan Sons Inc · Rock County, WI
Investigator narrative
OPERATOR TURN T2WARDS EDGE OF 45 DEGREE SLOPE,GOT THE 2 LEFT SIDE TIRES ON EDGE,.LOADER THEN ROLLED OVER SIDEWAYS CATCHING AND PINNING OPERATOR UNDER THE LOADER & THUS KILLING HIM...MODEL 988- ROPS WAS FOR 950 MODEL LOADER...11'BANK,NO BERM.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Activity at time
Front-End Loader
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)
Experience in this job
1 year
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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