Fatality · MSHA Record #220051810030

Maintenance Man fatality at Sky River Pit (Cadman (Rock) Inc), WA, June 17, 2005

at 8:25 AM

On June 17, 2005, a maintenance man was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Sky River Pit (Cadman (Rock) Inc), WA.

Sky River Pit · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Cadman (Rock) Inc (Heidelberg Materials AG)

Snohomish County, WA

Classification MACHINERY

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Investigator narrative

Employee was standing on a temporary platform just below a jaw crusher attempting to remove two toggle seat wedges from the pitman. Shortly after removing the two bolts holding the wedges in place, the pitman unexpectedly moved fatally crushing the employee.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: MACHINE-MILL,CLEANING PLT
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience: 4 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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