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Case study · MSHA Record #219882590107

Front-End Loader fatality

September 7, 1988 at 8:10 AM
Lacon Plant · Mid-West Sand & Gravel Inc · Marshall County, IL
Investigator narrative
CAT 621 BEING PULLED HEAD FIRST TO ANOTHER IN PREPERATION TO JUMP-START 2ND MACHINE,EMPL GOT BETWEEN THE MACHINES AND WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Record details
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
Activity at time
Observe Operations
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Total mining experience
6 years
Experience at this mine
4 years
Experience in this job
6 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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