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Case study · MSHA Record #220052840097
Bulldozer Operator fatality
September 27, 2005 at 8:45 AM
FORT GREEN
· Mosaic Phosphates Company
· Polk County, FL
Investigator narrative
(Under investigation) (Per Supervisor) Employee was assigned task of pushing overburden wall down with bulldozer. This was being done to install a water jack (floating pump) to pump out old mine cut. A short period of time later bulldozer and employee were discovered under water in mine cut by another employee.
Record details
- Classification
- MACHINERY
- Accident type
- Drowning
- Activity at time
- Bulldozer
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Underground location
- NO VALUE FOUND
- Mining method
- NO VALUE FOUND
- Source of injury
- WATER
- Nature of injury
- SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
- Body part affected
- BODY SYSTEMS
- Total mining experience
- 35 years
- Experience at this mine
- 27 years
- Experience in this job
- 22 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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