MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Hinkle Contracting Company LLC
Start: 01/27/2000

Fatal · 220000600001 · 01/27/2000 · Hinkle Contracting Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Struck against a moving object
Occupation: Drill helper
Activity: Surface equipment, NEC
Injury source: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 2 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Summit Materials LLC
Operator: Hinkle Contracting Company LLC
Mine: 4000057

Narrative

WHEN POSITIONING THE DRILL, THE RIGHT REAR LEVELING FOOT SANK INTO A MUD SEAM ALLOWING THE DRILL TO OVERTURN. THE DRILL SLID OVER THE EDGE OF HIGHWALL AND THE ROCK LEDGE CRUSHED THE DRILL OPER ATORS COMPARTMENT CAUSING DEATH OF DRILL OPERATOR.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown