Victim used an aerial lift positioned under the #3 tunnel belt to access the take-up pulley assemble components. As the victim was attempting to manually clean the north side of the west bend pulley, ee became entangled between the rotating pulley and the moving conveyor belt, resulting in a fatal injuries.
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- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 53 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 36 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 149 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 119 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 53 non-fatal
- OTHER 12 non-fatal
Incident timeline
Operators under this controller
- H&K Group, Inc. 259
- Hilltop Quarry Div of Reading Materials 93
- H & K Materials 20
- Pottstown Trap Rock Quarries Inc 18
- Kent Sand & Gravel LLC 13
- Chestnut Ridge Sand/Div Haines & Kibblehouse Inc 11
- Belvidere S & G/Div Lehigh Valley Site Cont Inc 10
- Pottsville Materials, LLC 9
- Hazleton Materials, LLC 5
- Wyoming Sand & Stone Company 4
- Jamico Materials 1
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- Silver Hill Quarry PA
- Blooming Glen Quarry PA
- Penn/MD Quarry PA
- SANATOGA QUARRY PA
- PIKES CREEK QUARRY PA
- Hilltop Quarry PA
- LOCUST RIDGE QUARRY PA
- Easton Quarry PA
- Pyramid Quarry PA
- Pottsville Quarry PA
- HAZLETON QUARRY PA
- H & K MATERIALS PA
- Kent Sand & Gravel Quarry MD
- Stockertown Materials PA
- DUSHORE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS PA
- FIDDLERS NORTH QUARRY PA
- Belvidere Sand & Gravel NJ
- Minersville Stone PA
- MARSHALL CREEK QUARRY PA
- CHESTNUT RIDGE SAND PA
- JAMICO MATERIALS PA
- A B E Materials (Allentown) PA
Fatalities under this controller
2 recorded3 employees working on elev. platform to remove pitman from Crusher B. Crane owned & operated by contractor had lifted pitman & it was hanging stationary. The men headed for the stairs to descend. Pitman suddenly swung and hit EE, fatally injuring him (cause of death crushing blunt force trauma). 2nd EE was grazed by pitman, but was not injured. 3rd EE uninjured.
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