Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #219961430001

Front-End Loader

May 16, 1996 at 3:45 PM
Fostoria Plant · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal
Polk County, IA
Classification POWERED HAULAGE
Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
CONVEYOR WAS ENERGIZED WITH EE ON IT. HEAD CAME IN CONTACT WITH STEEL FRAME.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Hand Load, Hand Shoveling
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury
STEEL RAIL (ALL KINDS)
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience
3 years
Experience at this mine
3 years
Experience in this job
5 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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