April 15, 1983
WY · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
Fatality · MACHINERY
Summit Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
DOZER OPERATOR ENTERED AN AREA WHICH HAD BEEN STRIPPED OF TOP SOIL AND DRILLED FOR BLASTING. HE CAP ROCK LAY AT A 15 DEGREE SLOPE AND WAS WET. THE DOZER SLID SIDEWAYS FOR 50 FT, HITTING A HUM P IN THE CAP ROCK AND ROLLED. THE OPERATOR WAS CRUSHED. THE DOZER WAS MANUFACTURED IN DEC. OF 1968, RECEIVED BY CATERPILLAR DEALER 1/10/69, AND PURCHASED BY SUMMIT, INC. ON 3/13/69. VICTIM WAS