Fatality · MSHA Record #220101400033
Drill Operator
May 5, 2010 at 11:15 AM
Operator: Lhoist North America of Alabama, LLC (Lhoist Group)
Bibb County, AL
ClassificationMACHINERY
TypeCaught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Investigator narrative
Drill operator was fatally injured by the drill rig he was operating. The likely scenario is that the drill rig began to roll forward while he was at the back of the rig operating the controls for the drill. The victim may have attempted to stop the drill rig and was caught up under the rig and suffered fatal injuries. There were no witnesses to the accident.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Surface Equipment, Nec
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
- Source of injury
- SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Total mining experience
- 0.73 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0.31 years
- Experience in this job
- 0.73 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220101400033 · Mine ID 0100004Trainer view →