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Case study · MSHA Record #220131190026
Maintenance Man fatality
April 27, 2013 at 10:20 AM
shamrock
· ACG Materials
· Wheeler County, TX
Investigator narrative
Employee was cleaning a jammed rock from a return roller on a track mounted CEC Crusher. The engine was still running and the belt was engaged. Employee "assumed" belt was turned off because the head pulley was not spinning skipping on the belt; the belt was actually stalled. He did not lock out/ and tag the crusher before performing the work to de-energize all power.
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
- Activity at time
- Handling Coal, Rock, Ore
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Underground location
- NO VALUE FOUND
- Mining method
- NO VALUE FOUND
- Source of injury
- BELT CONVEYORS
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 2 years
- Experience at this mine
- 2 years
- Experience in this job
- 2 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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