# MACHINERY
> **FATAL** · MSHA accident `220051810015` · 06/27/2005 · Knife River Corporation - Northwest
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** FATALITY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **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:** UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
- **Body part:** HEAD,NEC
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 2 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** MDU Resources Group Inc
- **Operator:** Knife River Corporation - Northwest
- **Mine:** [3503465](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3503465)
## Narrative

The victim was operating a track dozer to clean off a drill bench in preparation for drilling. The bench was 45 feet above the quarry floor. Apparently the victim was attmpting to turn the dozer around on the bench, backed off this area, and fell to the quarry floor.

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*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*