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Case study · MSHA Record #220102390040
Barge/Boat/Dredge/Towbarge/Towboat/Leach Operator fatality
August 14, 2010 at 11:50 AM
Southwestern State Sand
· Southwestern State Sand Corp
· Tillman County, OK
Investigator narrative
EE was loading boat onto trailer, another EE in pickup started to pull up, wheels started spinning. Other EE went to get loader and chain, when he got back EE told him that boat had floated off trailer, EE was standing beside pickup. The other EE went to shop to get hook to try to retrieve boat, when he returned, EE's boots were by the water and EE was missing.
Record details
- Classification
- OTHER
- Accident type
- Drowning
- Activity at time
- Barge, Boat, Dredge
- Subunit / location
- DREDGE
- 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
- 4 years
- Experience at this mine
- 4 years
- Experience in this job
- 4 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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