Warehouseman fatality at Mobile (Rubble Inc), CO, October 19, 2020

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On October 19, 2020, a warehouseman was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Mobile (Rubble Inc), CO.

Mobile · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Rubble Inc (Carmen A Rinaldis)

Larimer County, CO

Classification MACHINERY

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Investigator narrative

Task was to remove screen flare. Employee was loosening bolts, changed work location, dangerously close to excavator, without warning or eye contact with excavator operator. Excavator rotated, bucket of excavator struck employee in the upper chest resulting in death.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Total mining experience: 1 year
Experience at this mine: 1 year
Experience in this job: 1 year
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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