Fatality · MSHA Record #219911260001
Barge/Boat/Dredge/Towbarge/Towboat/Leach Operator
April 29, 1991
at 2:30 PM
Operator:
B & B Sand & Gravel Company Inc
(Bridgforth Norman W)
Major County, OK
Classification
OTHER
Type
Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
Investigator narrative
2 EMPLOYEE TRANSPORTING A 500 GALLON DIESAL TANK, ALMOST FULL TO DREDGE. THE FUEL TANK WAS MOUNTED ON A STYROFOAM FLOT. ABOUT 8 1/2 X 8 1/2 X 2 FT. AS THEY CAME ALONG SIDE OF THE DREDGE THE Y WENT TO OTHER END OF FLOAT. THE FLOAT CONTINUED TO CAPSIZED DUE TO TANK NOT BEING FULL AND WIND CONDITIONS. VICTIM WAS BELIEVED TO BE CRUSHED BETWEEN THE FLOAT AND DREDGE.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Handling Supplies Or Material
- Subunit / location
- DREDGE
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
- Source of injury
- BLDG,STRUCT,BOAT,RAFT,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
- Total mining experience
- 11 years
- Experience at this mine
- 11 years
- Experience in this job
- 11 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219911260001 · Mine ID 3401282
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