Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #219872110001

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver

May 11, 1987 at 3:00 PM
Tuxedo Quarry · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal
Aleutians East County, AK
Classification MACHINERY
Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
CONE CRUSHER TR5ILER WAS KNOCKED OFF STANDING BLOCKS AND A CRANE WAS MOVING IN TO PICK UP TRAILER.AS CRANE MOVED IN THE DIRECTOR AND OPER WERE LOOKING AT OVERHEAD WIRES.OPER SAW SOMETHING OUT OF CORNER OF E2E AND WENT FOR BRAKE AND HIT GAS.PINNED VICTIM BETWEEN OUTRIGGER AND CATWALK.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Observe Operations
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
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Experience at this mine
1 year
Experience in this job
1 year
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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