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Case study · MSHA Record #219982740001
Front-End Loader fatality
September 18, 1998 at 3:15 PM
PERKINS PIT
· Paulden Sand & Rock
· Yavapai County, AZ
Investigator narrative
THE LOADER OPERATOR WAS ASSIGNED TO LOAD MATERIAL FROM A STOCKPILE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO A CRUSHER FEEDER. FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, HE BACKED THE LOADER DOWN THE SLOPE 2/3 OF THE WAY TO THE WALL OF THE ACTIVE PIT, WHICH WAS OUT OF HIS ASSIGNED WORK AREA. HE WENT OVER THE ACTIVE PIT FACE, FIRST HITTING ON THE RADIATOR END OF THE LOADER AND THEN OVER ON ITS TOP TRAPPING HIM INSIDE
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
- 40 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 0 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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