Fatality #15

On July 18, 2007, MSHA reported that the metal/nonmetal segment experienced its 15th fatality of the year. In this case, a 42 year-old front-end loader operator, with 19 years experience, was fatally injured at a dredge operation. He was operating one of two front-end loaders that were transporting a section of pipeline to the dredge pond. While the victim's front-end loader was positioned near the edge of the pond, a large section of the sandy bank sloughed off and submerged the loader. The victim was entrapped inside the loader cab and drowned. Your comment?