Fatality · MSHA Record #219930190001

Bulldozer Operator fatality at Somerset Quarry & Mill (New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company Inc), PA, January 11, 1993

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On January 11, 1993, a bulldozer operator was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Somerset Quarry & Mill (New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company Inc), PA.

Somerset Quarry & Mill · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company Inc

Contractor on site: V6E

Somerset County, PA

Classification MACHINERY

Type Struck against a moving object

Investigator narrative

WHEN PUSHING OVERBURDEN ON T OP OF QUARRY VICTIM BACK-UP RAISED BLADE TURNED 90DEG & RAN UP OVER APPROX 7FT BERM & FELL OVER A 200FT HIGHWALL

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Bulldozer
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Struck against a moving object
Source of injury: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part affected: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Experience in this job: 25 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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