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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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