Fatal Accident Report Posted - PCS Phosphate-White Springs - Swift Creek Mine

United States Department of Labor sent this bulletin at 06/18/2015 03:34 PM EDT

Fatality #4 - January 26, 2015
Machinery - Florida - Phosphate Rock
PCS Phosphate-White Springs - Swift Creek Mine

METAL/NONMETAL MINE FATALITY – On January 26, 2015, a 57-year old heavy equipment operator with 36 years of experience was seriously injured at a phosphate mine.  He was operating an excavator near a water filled ditch when the excavator tipped forward and went in the water, submerging the cab.  The victim was removed from the cab and transported to a hospital where he died later that day.

http://www.msha.gov/fatals/metal/2015/final-reports/final-m15-04.asp