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Case study · MSHA Record #219883190001

Front-End Loader fatality

November 1, 1988 at 2:00 PM
Tiger Pit · Haskell County Gravel Company Inc · Haskell County, OK
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING 980A CAT LOADER MOVING ROCK FROM STOCKPILE TO CRUSHER APPARENTLY HE EMPRIED HIS BUCKET INTO THE HOPPER AND SHIFTED INTO RREVERSE TO GO DOWN THE RAMP MINE INSPECTOR FOUND A PIN LIKE THE ONE USED IN THE SHIFTING LINKAGE 28 FT 10 IN DOWN THE RAMP FROM THE HOPPER THIS PIN WAS NOT IN PLACE WHEN THE LOADER WAS INSPECTED FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT THE LOADER TRAVELED O
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between NEC
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
ABDOMEN/INTERNAL ORGANS
Total mining experience
1 year
Experience at this mine
1 year
Experience in this job
1 year
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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