Fatality · MSHA Record #219992000002

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at Napoleon Quarry (New Point Stone Company Inc), IN, July 9, 1999

at 10:30 AM

On July 9, 1999, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Napoleon Quarry (New Point Stone Company Inc), IN.

Napoleon Quarry · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: New Point Stone Company Inc (Kenneth T Wanstrath et al)

Contractor on site: ZIQ

Ripley County, IN

Classification MACHINERY

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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Investigator narrative

GRADER ROLLING OVER ONTO THE OPERATOR, CRUSHING HIS CHEST.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Grader
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 3 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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