Crane Operator fatality at Collins Dredge (Bolivar County Gravel Company), MS, May 7, 1999

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On May 7, 1999, a crane operator was fatally injured at Collins Dredge (Bolivar County Gravel Company), MS.

Collins Dredge · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Bolivar County Gravel Company (Bolivar County - Ms)

Bolivar County, MS

Classification OTHER

Type Drowning

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Investigator narrative

EE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE DEBRIS FROM AREA AROUND DREDGE BY TYPING ROPE TO TREE ON BANK. ROPE APPARENTLY GOT BENEATH BOAT AND WHEN THE ROPE BECAME TENSE, TURNED THE BOAT OVER. TWO EE FELL INTO W ATER AND ONE WAS NOT RECOVERED.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Handling Supplies Or Material
Subunit / location: DREDGE
Accident type: Drowning
Source of injury: WATER
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Experience in this job: 10 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219991650001 · Mine ID 2200117 Trainer view →