Fatality · MSHA Record #219832270175

Front-End Loader fatality at Amrize Canon City Quarry (Sniders' Aggregate Inc), CO, August 5, 1983

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On August 5, 1983, a front-end loader was fatally injured in a falling/sliding/rolling materials accident at Amrize Canon City Quarry (Sniders' Aggregate Inc), CO.

Amrize Canon City Quarry · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Sniders' Aggregate Inc (Ernest L Snider)

Fremont County, CO

Classification FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Type Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Investigator narrative

WHILE CHANGING THE POSITION OF THE TIRES ON A STACKING CONVEYOR THE JACK SLIPPED AND THE CONVEYOR TURNED OVER SERIOUSLY INJURING ONE AND RESULTING IN A FATALITY FOR ANOTHER THE CONVEYOR WAS NOT PROPERLY BLOCKED OR CRIBBED

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Source of injury: BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 30 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 30 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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