Outside Foreman

May 23, 2012 at 12:21 PM

Broken Bow Sand & Gravel · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Meridian Aggregates Company, A Limited Partnership (Martin Marietta Materials Inc)

Mccurtain County, OK

Classification MACHINERY

Type Drowning

Investigator narrative

Employee was operating an excavator between two small ponds when the ground beneath the excavator tracks failed and the excavator toppled into one of the ponds.

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: Drowning
Source of injury: WATER
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 9 years
Experience at this mine: 9 years
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220121520001 · Mine ID 3400460 Trainer view →