Fatality · MSHA Record #219881790076
Bulldozer Operator fatality at SUTTON PIT & MILL (B N T Sand & Gravel Company Inc), MA, June 17, 1988
at 11:45 AM
On June 17, 1988, a bulldozer operator was fatally injured in a machinery accident at SUTTON PIT & MILL (B N T Sand & Gravel Company Inc), MA.
Operator:
B N T Sand & Gravel Company Inc
(Francis Triola et al)
Worcester County, MA
Classification
MACHINERY
Type
Struck against a moving object
Investigator narrative
VICTIM WAS OPERATING A 1965 CATEPI LLAR MODEL 46A D-8 BULLDOZER GRATING AN ALLEUVIAL DEPOSIT TO A TWO TO ONE SLOPE HE APPARENTLY LOST CONTROL OF THE MACHINE AND PLUNGED 40 FT TO P IT FLOOR. THE BULLDOZER NOT FITTED WITH ROPS CAME TO REST ON THE CANOPY. SEVERING THE VICTIM. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT A TRUCK DRIVER DISCOVERED THE VICTIM NEAR THE SMOLDERING M
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Bulldozer
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Accident type
- Struck against a moving object
- Source of injury
- SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 40 years
- Experience at this mine
- 40 years
- Experience in this job
- 40 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219881790076 · Mine ID 1900286
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