7/26/17
by News Department on 07/26/17Pitman man killed...
A Pitman man died Tuesday morning in an accident on Reading Anthracite property in Cass Township involving the large D9 bulldozer he was operating.
According to the Republican Herald, the incident occurred at a mining site near the New St. Nicholas Breaker off Valley Road sometime between 7 and 9:40 a.m. as 28 year old Andrew John Oxenrider was operating the dozer when he apparently got pulled out of or exited the cab and was struck by the tracks of the vehicle.
Cass Township police Patrolman William Kattner said he is being assisted with the investigation by Reading Anthracite officials as well as representatives of the Miner Safety and Health Administration.
A virtual autopsy will be conducted today at the Simon Kramer Institute, New Philadelphia.
