Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #219981170027

Prep Plant Foreman

February 6, 1998 at 10:45 AM
HOPEDALE PLANT · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal
Contractor on site: ZZZ
Worcester County, MA
Classification HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Type Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Investigator narrative
WHILE WAITING FOR LOADER, VICTIM CLIMBED SAND PILE AND STARTED HAND SHOVELING CONCRETE SAND INTO THE BACK OF HIS TRUCK. WHILE SHOVELING, THE PILE MOVED AND BURIED THE VICTIM BEHIND HIS TRUCK .
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Hand Load, Hand Shoveling
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type
Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Source of injury
SAND,GRAVEL,SHELL
Nature of injury
SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected
BODY SYSTEMS
Experience in this job
16 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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