Mining Incidents

J & W Pit Metal/Non-Metal

J & W Construction · Surface
Controlled by Walker Jerry
Pontotoc County, OK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3401656

MSHA record for J & W Pit (mine ID 3401656). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Aug 1988

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
August 24, 1988 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Vanoss Sand & Trucking · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

(FROM PRELIM.) USING LOADER TO LOAD DUMP TRUCK ON TOP OF CREEK BANK.WITH BUCKET RAISED 4' LOADER BACKED DOWN RAMP,WENT TO RIGHT ,RUNNING UP ON ELEVATED EDGE OF RAMP CAUSING LOADER TO OVER TURN AND MAKE 3/4 TURN BEFORE COMING TO REST ON TOP OF VICTIM.PINNED JUST TO REAR OF FRONT WHEELS WITH UPPER HALF OF BODY EXPOSED.

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