Fatality · MSHA Record #220023050001

Front-End Loader fatality at Portable Wash Plant (Ellensburg Cement Products Inc), WA, October 17, 2002

at 8:15 AM

On October 17, 2002, a front-end loader was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Portable Wash Plant (Ellensburg Cement Products Inc), WA.

Portable Wash Plant · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Ellensburg Cement Products Inc (James O Hutchinson)

Kittitas County, WA

Classification MACHINERY

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

Investigator narrative

EE WENT UP TO TOP OF CONVEYOR TO ATTACH CHAINS TO MOVE CONVEYOR. CO-WORKER MANUVERED BORROWED EXCAVATOR - WHEN HE HIT SWITCH TO LOCK OUT MACHINE THE BOOM CAME DOWN PINNING EE BETWEEN BUCKET AN D FRAME OF CONVEYOR.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Move Non-Self-Propelled Equip
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: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Total mining experience: 11 years
Experience at this mine: 11 years
Experience in this job: 10 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220023050001 · Mine ID 4503330 Trainer view →