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Case study · MSHA Record #219883060001

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

October 24, 1988 at 9:45 AM
Portable Crusher #2 · L & W Construction Company · Appanoose County, IA
Investigator narrative
CAT LOADER WAS CLEANING UP IN PIT CAT TRUCK PULLED BEHIND LOADER LOADER BACKED INTO FRONT END OF TRUCK CRUSHING DRIVER OF TRUCK BETWEEN LOADER AND TRUCK ON LADDER AS HE WAS DESCENDING LADDERWA Y
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Getting On Or Off Equipment
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Total mining experience
16 years
Experience at this mine
16 years
Experience in this job
6 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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