Fatality · MSHA Record #220000410002

Bulldozer Operator fatality at Paradise Quarry (Independance Construction Materials), PA, December 21, 1999

at 10:45 AM

On December 21, 1999, a bulldozer operator was fatally injured in an explosives and breaking agents accident at Paradise Quarry (Independance Construction Materials), PA.

Paradise Quarry · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Independance Construction Materials (A Ross Myers)

Lancaster County, PA

Classification EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS

Type Struck by flying object

Investigator narrative

WHILE GUARDING ACCESS TO THE PIT ENTRANCE, EMPLOYEE WAS HIT FROM FLYROCK WHILE IN FOREMAN'S VEHICLE.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Idle
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Source of injury: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 7 years
Experience at this mine: 7 years
Experience in this job: 4 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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