Backhoe Operator

June 3, 2016 at 11:25 AM

Harmony Mine & Mill · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Green Brothers Gravel Company Inc (Heyward C Green)

Copiah County, MS

Classification INUNDATION

Type Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

Investigator narrative

A track hoe was loading a haul unit with gravel to take to wash plant and the dam on a slush pond broke and covered up both the tack hoe and the haul unit with the workers in them.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Power Shovel, Dragline
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Underground location: NO VALUE FOUND
Mining method: NO VALUE FOUND
Accident type: Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Source of injury: BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 17 years
Experience at this mine: 6 years
Experience in this job: 6 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Accident record: Download MSHA Accidents.zip — then search for Document number 220161580012 (the unique key per MSHA Form 7000-1)
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220161580012 · Mine ID 2200650 Trainer view →