MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Dakota Granite Company
Start: 04/22/2002

Fatal · 220021220037 · 04/22/2002 · Dakota Granite Company

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Occupation: Miner, NEC
Activity: Auger (surface)
Injury source: APPAREL,NEC
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part: BODY SYSTEMS
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 1.01 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Richard Dilts
Operator: Dakota Granite Company
Mine: 3900009

Narrative

WHEN OPERATING SLOT DRILL, IT APPEARS HE GOT BETWEEN THE DRILL STEEL AND HIGHWALL AND HIS CLOTHING BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE ROTATING DRILL STEEL. THE CLOTHING WAS PULLED TIGHT AROUND HIS CHEST CAUSING HIM TO BE SUFFOCATED.

Source

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