There were no witnesses to the accident. The operator was found outside of his loader buried under gravel that had sloughed off of the stock pile he was loading from. Fellow employees were attempting to remove the gravel from on top of him when officials showed up. Officials declared him dead at the scene.
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August 3, 2015
ND · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Pinky's Aggregates Inc
· Struck by rolling or sliding object
April 22, 2014
ND · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pinky's Aggregates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Windy condition blowing off miner's hard hat causing a distraction and contact of steel bar with vibrating screen deck causing bar to strike miner's face (jaw). Lower jaw laceration and fracture, missing lower front teeth.
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