Bulldozer Operator

May 18, 1988 at 1:50 PM

Featherlite Pit & Plant · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Featherlite Building Products Corp (Justin Industries Inc)

Contractor on site: NT5

Eastland County, TX

Classification FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Type Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

Investigator narrative

OPERATOR WAS IN SHOVEL WHEN DIRT EMBANKMENT OF DIRT CAVED IN COVERING OPERA TOR & SHOVEL

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Power Shovel, Dragline
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Source of injury: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 20 years
Experience at this mine: 20 years
Experience in this job: 20 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219881440180 · Mine ID 4100267 Trainer view →