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NONPOWERED HAULAGE

Fatal · 220181830037 · 06/23/2018 · Superior Silica Sands LLC

Details

Degree of injury
FATALITY
Classification
NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Electrician, Lineman
Activity
Spot rail cars, Trip riding
Injury source
STD G RAIL CR,MTR-SURF EQ
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost
Mine experience
0.19 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Insight Equity
Operator
Superior Silica Sands LLC
Mine
4101126

Narrative

On June 23, 2018 at approximately 9:20 am an employee mounted a pair of slow moving rail cars to apply the brakes. The employee fell and was struck by the pair of freewheeling hopper rail cars. The employee was fatally injured because of the fall and being struck by the moving rail cars.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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