Front-End Loader fatality at Sunrise Pit (Skyline Construction Company Inc), NV, November 11, 1991

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On November 11, 1991, a front-end loader was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Sunrise Pit (Skyline Construction Company Inc), NV.

Sunrise Pit · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Skyline Construction Company Inc (Rodney S Bennett)

Clark County, NV

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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Investigator narrative

ASSUME OPERATOR JUMPED OR WAS THROWN FROM FRONT END LOADER AS IT WAS DESCENDING BACKWARDS DOWN SLOPE. IT APPEARED LOADER BACKED OVER OPERATOR, RESULTING IN A FATAL INJURY.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Front-End Loader
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Experience at this mine: 1 year
Experience in this job: 1 year
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219913240001 · Mine ID 2602135 Trainer view →