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MACHINERY

220020250012 · 01/10/2002 · M.R. Paving & Excavating, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury
DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity
Power shovel, Dragline
Injury source
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
Days lost
90
Mine experience
0.01 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Timothy C Rahe
Operator
M.R. Paving & Excavating, Inc.
Mine
2100644

Narrative

EE WAS OPERATING A TRACTOR BACKHOE W/HAMMER TO BREAK FROST IN GRAVEL PIT SO EXCAVATOR COULD LOAD GRAVEL. HE DROVE BACKHOE WITHIN 20 FT OF BANK IN PIT. HE STOPPED BACKHOE AND TURNED IN HIS SEAT TO OPERATE THE CONTROLS FOR THE HAMMER. THE BACKHOE STARTED TO MOVE TOWARD THE EDGE OF THE DROPOFF. BY THE TIME HE GOT TURNED AROUND TO TRY TO STOP, THE BACK HOE WENT OVER THE EDGE AND THE EE

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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