Fatality · MSHA Record #220011300001

Front-End Loader fatality at Portable Crushing Plant #5 (Southway Construction Co. Inc.), CO, April 25, 2001

at 5:20 PM

On April 25, 2001, a front-end loader was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Portable Crushing Plant #5 (Southway Construction Co. Inc.), CO.

Portable Crushing Plant #5 · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Southway Construction Co. Inc. (Estate of Henry T. Southway Jr.)

Adams County, CO

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Struck by falling object

Investigator narrative

THE VICTIM, A LOADER OPERATOR, WAS CLEANING MATERIAL FROM A STACKER CONVEYOR WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK ONE OF THE LEG SUPPORTS, KNOCKING THE CONVEYOR OVER. A SECOND LOADER OPERATOR WAS SUMMONED TO LIFT & RESET THE CONVEYOR. THE RIGGING FAILED AND THE CONVEYOR FELL, STRIKING THE VICTIM AS HE WALKED UNDER THE RAISED CONVEYOR

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Source of injury: BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 2 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 2 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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