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POWERED HAULAGE

220002170088 · 07/26/2000 · River Cement Company dba Buzzi Unicem USA

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Occupation
Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity
Bulldozer
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part
HEAD,NEC
Days lost
22
Mine experience
10.65 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Buzzi S p A
Operator
River Cement Company dba Buzzi Unicem USA
Mine
2300188

Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING TREES OVER WITH A DOZER WHEN HE RAN UP ON A TREE TOO CLOSE TO EDGE OF SLOPE AND DOZER TIPPED OVER DOWN THE SLOPE AND ROLLED ALL THE WAY OVER. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SEATBELT AT TIME. EMPLOYEE WAS NOT SUPPOSED T0 BE PERFORMING THIS TYPE OF WORK AS HE WAS NOT TRAINED TO PUSH TREES.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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