METAL/NONMETAL MINE FATALITY - On August 16, 1995, an equipment operator (contractor employee) was killed at a
limestone quarry. The victim was a contract employee. He
was operating a dozer in the process of stripping an area
to be quarried. Another employee observed the dozer
backing up without an operator. When he investigated the
incident, he found that the victim had been run over by
the dozer. The victim died from crushing injuries. This
is the 24th fatality reported in calendar year 1995 in the
metal and nonmetal mining industries. As of this date in
1994, there were 29 fatalities reported in these
industries. This death is the fourth fatality classified
as machinery this year. There were five machinery
fatalities during the same period in 1994.
For more information:
MSHA's Fatal Accident Investigation Report [FTL95M24]