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Case study · MSHA Record #219882070002
Front-End Loader fatality
July 19, 1988 at 1:30 AM
Mayhew Plant
· C L Pharris Sand & Gravel Inc
· Riverside County, CA
Investigator narrative
SEE ATTCH: DRIVING LOADER TO PIT TO REMOVE CLAY OVERBURDEN PREVIOUSLY PUSHED TO FLOOR FROM TOP OF PIT BY TRACK DOZER.WHEN EMPL STARTED DESCENT INTO PIT LOADER ROADE TOE OF BERM FOR SEVERAL HUN DRED FEET THEN VEERED AT 45 DEG ANGLE OVER BERM OVER 50-60' AREA BETWEEN BERM AND PIT WALL THEN DROVE OFF EDGE OF PIT LANDING ON PIT FLOOR.ALTHOUGH LOADER WAS FOUND IN UPRIGHT POSITION CRUSHE
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Front-End Loader
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Source of injury
- SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- 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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