Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #220103010030

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver, Transportation Truck Driver

October 16, 2010 at 8:10 AM
Eudora Quarry · Surface · Metal/Nonmetal
Douglas County, KS
ClassificationPOWERED HAULAGE
TypeCaught in, under or between two or more moving objects
Investigator narrative
Adjusting and cleaning of a tail pulley on a 110' Masaba Conveyor LOTO was not performed by the EE before entering the tail pulley section of the conveyor. Belt was energized by the operator; EE was in tangled in the pulley from his feet to his mid section of his body. EE was fatally injured.
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
BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Total mining experience
5 years
Experience at this mine
0.15 years
Experience in this job
5 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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