Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #220222690023

Barge/Boat/Dredge/Towbarge/Towboat/Leach Operator

September 9, 2022 at 11:00 AM
Barry Industrial Sand, Inc. · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal
Orange County, TX
Classification OTHER
Type Drowning
Investigator narrative
Dredge operator was missing and eventually found at bottom of lake.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Barge, Boat, Dredge
Subunit / location
DREDGE
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
30 years
Experience at this mine
30 years
Experience in this job
22 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
Verify on MSHA

Every record on this page mirrors what MSHA publishes under its Open Government Data program, refreshed weekly. MSHA does not publish per-accident URLs — the Accidents data is distributed as a single bulk file — so this is how to retrieve the source for the specific record below:

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220222690023 · Mine ID 4102392 Trainer view →