The victim was using an excavator to free a dragline from an ice-covered pit floor. The excavator traveled over an ice-covered, 10 feet deep ditch and broke through the ice. The victim was ejected and was recovered from the water about 6 hours after accident.
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Park View Sand & Gravel, LLC
· Drowning
May 9, 2007
WI · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Park View Sand & Gravel, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Throwing wood blocks on conveyor. Right finger tore open - 12 stitches
February 21, 2007
WI · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Park View Sand & Gravel, LLC · Struck against stationary object
Steam Cleaning heavy equipment, crawling around on ground, knelt on rock.
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