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Case study · MSHA Record #219923380003

Front-End Loader fatality

November 24, 1992 at 11:00 AM
Freedom Mine · The Coteau Properties Company · Mercer County, ND
Investigator narrative
A FLEET OF SCRAPERS WAS HAULING SUBSOIL TO A STOCKPILE.TWO CAT 651 SCRAPERS COLLIDED HEAD-ON ON THE HAUL ROAD.THE HAUL ROAD WAS WIDE ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE TRAFFIC.THE HAUL ROAD WAS IN GOOD COND ITION AND VISIBILITY WAS GOOD.IT APPEARS THAT THE MAN THAT WAS FATALLY INJURED WAS ON THE WRONG LANE.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Activity at time
Scraper, Pan Scraper
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience
0 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
3 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Coal
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