MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Wisconsin Industrial Sand Company, LLC
Start: 08/30/2000

Fatal · 220002560001 · 08/30/2000 · Wisconsin Industrial Sand Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation: Driller operator
Activity: Drill face, Rib, Side, Down
Injury source: UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part: BODY SYSTEMS
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 7.07 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Fairmount Santrol
Operator: Wisconsin Industrial Sand Company, LLC
Mine: 4703110

Narrative

THE INDIVIDUAL WAS DRILLING BLASTHOLES. HE TIED DOWN THE HYDRAULIC LEVER SO IT CONTINUED TO OPRATE (ROTATE) BY-BY PASSING A SAFETY DEVICE. HE THEN WENT IN FRONT OF THE DRILL AND STEPPED OVER THE DRILL AUGER. HE BACAME ENTANGLED WITH SOME PART OF HIS CLOTHING HE GOT PULLED INTO THE DRILL AND BECAME SO ENTANGLED THAT HE COULD NOT BREATH. THIS ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION

Source

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