Fatality · MSHA Record #220020520001

Front-End Loader fatality at Fort Collins Plant (Aggregate Industries WCR, Inc.), CO, January 21, 2002

at 4:55 PM

On January 21, 2002, a front-end loader was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Fort Collins Plant (Aggregate Industries WCR, Inc.), CO.

Fort Collins Plant · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Aggregate Industries WCR, Inc. (Aggregate Industries PLC)

Larimer County, CO

Classification MACHINERY

Type Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

Investigator narrative

THE EMPLOYEE ENTERED A LOG WASHER AND DID NOT FOLLOW SAFETY PROCEDURES BY USING A LOCK OUT TAG OUT PROCEDURE. THE MACHINE WAS INADVERTENTLY ENERGIZED WHICH IN TURN RESULTED IN HIS DEATH.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
Source of injury: MACHINE-MILL,CLEANING PLT
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 0 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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