Fatality · MSHA Record #220250580003
Prep Plant Foreman
February 22, 2025
at 2:00 AM
Operator:
GCC Dacotah Inc
(GCC SAB de CV)
Pennington County, SD
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Type
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Investigator narrative
A miner received fatal injuries. After a bridge collapsed that the miner was operating a skid steer loader on. The miner was clearing refractory brick form a rotary kiln. The bridge that was installed by the property owner collapsed. The skid steer fell approximately 10 feet into a hopper, causing the payload of brick to engulf the operator causing fatal wounds.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Front-End Loader
- Subunit / location
- MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
- Underground location
- NO VALUE FOUND
- Mining method
- NO VALUE FOUND
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
- Source of injury
- BRICK,CERAMIC
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 6 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 6 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220250580003 · Mine ID 3900022
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