Front-End Loader fatality at Utley Pit (Shallow Ford Construction Company Inc), TX, September 30, 1997

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On September 30, 1997, a front-end loader was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Utley Pit (Shallow Ford Construction Company Inc), TX.

Utley Pit · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Shallow Ford Construction Company Inc (Connie Spiegel et al)

Bell County, TX

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Struck against a moving object

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Investigator narrative

OPERATOR WAS STRIPPING OVERBURDEN FROM A SAND & GRAVEL DEPOSIT. HE DROVE HIS SCRAPER UP ONTO AN EXISTING (APPROX. 5' TALL) TOPSOIL STOCKPILE. HE DROVE HIS SCRAPER OFF OF THE EDGE AND TURNED IT ONTO ITS SIDE. HIS LEFT LEG WAS SEVERED BY THE ROPS, AS WAS HIS LEFT ARM. HE DIED OF INTERNAL INJURIES AT THE HOSPITAL.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Scraper, Pan Scraper
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Struck against a moving object
Source of injury: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
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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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219972930004 · Mine ID 4103964 Trainer view →