MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at U.S. Silica Company, LLC
Start: 11/16/2019

Fatal · 220193370002 · 11/16/2019 · U.S. Silica Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity: Idle
Injury source: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part: TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 25 years

Operator

Controller (parent): USS Holdings Inc
Operator: U.S. Silica Company, LLC
Mine: 2200415

Narrative

Employee was on the ground spotting a dump truck to prepare for dumping a load of fill dirt in excavation area. Employee's back was to the dozer that came up an incline and fatally struck employee from behind.

Source

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