Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store Keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning Plant Operator

Employee disregarded lock out tag safety training and climbed into a hopper without de-energizing equipment and without notifying other workers in the area. Loader operator had no way of knowing that anyone would be inside the hopper with the feeder belt running. Employee in the hopper was buried and crushed when loader operator dumped 18 tons of stone into hopper

Activity at time of incident

Welding Or Cutting

Subunit / location

STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT

Accident type

Struck by falling object

Source of injury

BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE

Nature of injury

CRUSHING

Total mining experience

1.67 years

Experience at this mine

1.67 years

Experience in this job

1.67 years

Degree of injury

FATALITY