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Case study · MSHA Record #219933330002

Bulldozer Operator fatality

November 18, 1993 at 11:00 AM
TREMONTON PORTABLE · Box Elder County Road Department · Box Elder County, UT
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEE FELL THROUGH FEED TRAP INTAKE
Record details
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type
Fall to lower level, NEC
Activity at time
Hand Tools (Not Powered)
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
SAND,GRAVEL,SHELL
Nature of injury
SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected
BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience
29 years
Experience at this mine
29 years
Experience in this job
29 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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