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Case study · MSHA Record #219911540001

Warehouseman fatality

May 29, 1991 at 12:45 PM
Jefferson County Crushing · Jefferson County Highway Commission · Jefferson County, WI
Investigator narrative
A PRIMARY CRUSHER OPERATOR WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY THE BUCKET OF A FRONT-END LOADER. THE VICTIM ENTERED THE CRUSHER FEED HOPPER AND WAS STRUCK BY THE BUCKET WHEN THE LOADER OPERATOR STARTED DUMPING MATERIAL INTO THE HOPPER, NOT KNOWING THE VICTIM WAS IN THE HOPPER. THE VICTIM WAS STRUCK ON HIS LEFT SIDE AND RECEIVED MULTIPLE, FATAL INJURIES TO HIS HIP, BACK, SHO
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Activity at time
Chute, Pull Or Free
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience
1 year
Experience at this mine
1 year
Experience in this job
1 year
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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