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Case study · MSHA Record #219942930088

Front-End Loader fatality

October 6, 1994 at 9:30 AM
BAY SETTLEMENT · Daanen & Janssen Inc · Brown County, WI
Investigator narrative
OPERATOR OF H-100C FRONT END LOADER S/N359-307-UO1578.WHILE DESCENDING A RAMP, NORTH-SOUTH RAMP APPEARS TO HAVE DRIVEN OFF WEST EDGE OF RAMP TAKING BOOM OFF RAMP EDGE WITH BUCKET OF LOADER.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Activity at time
Front-End Loader
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
1 year
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
0 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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