Mining Incidents

R J Taggart Construction Company Inc operator

Controlled by Taggart Robert J
MSHA operator ID: L03413
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
17
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1988–1997

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Incident timeline

1997
1
1996
1 (1f)
1995
5
1994
3
1993
2
1992
1
1991
2
1989
1
1988
1

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
January 11, 1996 OR · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
R J Taggart Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE HAD BEEN RUNNING THE LOADER (980B) ON AND OFF DURING THE WEEK, YET HE WAS NOT GETTING A FULL LOAD WITH THE BUCKET, SO I.NAME GOT ON THE LOADER TO SHOW HIM HOW. WITH I.NAME IN THE DRIVER'S S EAT, HE WAS SITTING ON THE DECK HALF IN AND HALF OUT OF THE CAB. AS I.NAME WAS BACKING UP, HE HIT A LARGE ROCK WITH ONE OF THE LOADER TIRES CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND WHEN I.NAME LOOKED BACK HE

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