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Case study · MSHA Record #219892750001

Bulldozer Operator fatality

September 22, 1989 at 2:15 PM
Grand Rivers Quarry · Reed Crushed Stone Company Inc · Livingston County, KY
Investigator narrative
INJURED WAS HAULING FINISHED PRODUCT FROM MAIN CRUSHING PLANT TO STOCKPILE STORAGE AREA INJURED DROVE TRUCK #1479 LOADED WITH #11 STONE UP A STOCKPILE RAMP & ON TOP OF AN APPROX 35FT HIGH STOC KPILE AS INJURED BACKED TO THE EDGE OF STOCKPILE& WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DUMPING THE LOAD OF PRODUCT TRUCK #1479 WENT OVER EDGE & CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN AT THE STOCKPILE BASE
Record details
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Activity at time
Haulage Or Dump Truck
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience
2 years
Experience at this mine
2 years
Experience in this job
0 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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