Metal and Nonmetal Mine Safety and Health Report of Investigation: Surface Nonmetal Mine (Construction Sand and Gravel) Fatal Machinery Accident, July 10, 2013, Ford Construction Company, Troy Plant, Troy, Obion County, Tennessee. Mine I.D. No 40-02271.

摘要

Joe Donald Trevathan, Dozer Operator, age 68, died on July 10, 2013, while operating a dozer. The dozer was pushing overburden ina direction parallel to a pond located 130 feet away. The dozer veered hard to the right and then traveled in a straight line, with the blade raised, toward the pond. The dozer reached the side of the pond and slid sideways to the right approximately 20 feet into the pond.