Fatality · MSHA Record #219955550002

Bulldozer Operator fatality at Sun Valley Plant (Calmat Company), CA, September 18, 1995

at 9:05 AM

On September 18, 1995, a bulldozer operator was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Sun Valley Plant (Calmat Company), CA.

Sun Valley Plant · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Calmat Company

Contractor on site: WEQ

Los Angeles County, CA

Classification MACHINERY

Type Drowning

Investigator narrative

THE VICTIM WAS USING A RUBBER-TIRED DOZER TO PUSH TRUCKS OUT OF THE PIT. HE HAD PUSHED ONE TRUCK OUT OF THE PIT AND WAS BACKING DOWN THE RAMP WHEN HE APPARENTLY LOST CONTROL OF THE DOZER. THE DOZER TRAVELED DOWN THE RAMP AND WENT OVER THE BERM. THE DOZER FELL INTO THE PIT WHICH CONTAINED 30 FEET OF WATER.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Bulldozer
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Drowning
Source of injury: WATER
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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