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FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Fatal · 220001710096 · 06/12/2000 · B G Hoadley Quarries Inc

Details

Degree of injury
FATALITY
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity
Enter/work in bins, Silos
Injury source
CEMENT PROD,CONCRET BLOCK
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part
CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Days lost
Mine experience
17.3 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Patsy H Fell-Barker
Operator
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc
Mine
1201039

Narrative

EE WAS DIGGING OUT BLOCKS FROM BLOCK STACK. HE HAD REMOVED TWO BLOCKS FROM THE STACK, AND PARKED HIS OADER ABOUT 15 FEET AWAY FROM THE BLOCKS. HE THEN GOT OUT OF THE LOADER TO EXAMINE THE TWO BLOCKS WHICH WERE ABOUT 4 FEET APART. THE BACK BLOCK WAS UNSTABLE AND TIPPED FORWARD FATALLY CRUSHING HIM BETWEEN IT AND THE FRONT BLOCK.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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