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Case study · MSHA Record #220103010030

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

October 16, 2010 at 8:10 AM
Eudora Quarry · N R Hamm Quarry LLC · Douglas County, KS
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
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
Activity at time
Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience
5 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
5 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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