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MACHINERY

Fatal · 220052840097 · 09/27/2005 · Mosaic Phosphates Company

Details

Degree of injury
FATALITY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Drowning
Occupation
Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity
Bulldozer
Injury source
WATER
Nature of injury
SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part
BODY SYSTEMS
Days lost
0
Mine experience
27.69 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Mosaic Company
Operator
Mosaic Phosphates Company
Mine
0800768

Narrative

(Under investigation) (Per Supervisor) Employee was assigned task of pushing overburden wall down with bulldozer. This was being done to install a water jack (floating pump) to pump out old mine cut. A short period of time later bulldozer and employee were discovered under water in mine cut by another employee.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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