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Case study · MSHA Record #219832270175

Front-End Loader fatality

August 5, 1983 at 9:38 AM
Amrize Canon City Quarry · Sniders' Aggregate Inc · Fremont County, CO
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
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between NEC
Activity at time
Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
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
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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