Fatality · MSHA Record #219960220001

Backhoe Operator fatality at Taggart Portable Crusher (R J Taggart Construction Company Inc), OR, January 11, 1996

at 4:15 PM

On January 11, 1996, a backhoe operator was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Taggart Portable Crusher (R J Taggart Construction Company Inc), OR.

Taggart Portable Crusher · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: R J Taggart Construction Company Inc (Taggart Robert J)

Marion County, OR

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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Investigator narrative

HE HAD BEEN RUNNING THE LOADER (980B) ON AND OFF DURING THE WEEK, YET HE WAS NOT GETTING A FULL LOAD WITH THE BUCKET, SO I.NAME GOT ON THE LOADER TO SHOW HIM HOW. WITH I.NAME IN THE DRIVER'S S EAT, HE WAS SITTING ON THE DECK HALF IN AND HALF OUT OF THE CAB. AS I.NAME WAS BACKING UP, HE HIT A LARGE ROCK WITH ONE OF THE LOADER TIRES CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND WHEN I.NAME LOOKED BACK HE

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Ride Equipment
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Total mining experience: 0 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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