Fatality · MSHA Record #219842920312

Front-End Loader fatality at Portable Crusher (Flintstone Crushing & Construction Company Inc), OR, October 11, 1984

at 10:45 AM

On October 11, 1984, a front-end loader was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Portable Crusher (Flintstone Crushing & Construction Company Inc), OR.

Portable Crusher · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Flintstone Crushing & Construction Company Inc (Alberts Cecil R (Mike))

Lane County, OR

Classification MACHINERY

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

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Investigator narrative

I NAME WAS EMPLOYED AS A LOADER OPERATOR AT OUR CRUSHER PLANT. THE ROLLS HAD DIRT IN THEM I NAME OUR JAW OPERATOR SHUT THE ROLLS TO REVERSE ROTATION WHICH THROWS DIRT OUT HE FOR NO REASON WAS ON TOP OF ROLLS. WHEN THEY WERE REVERSED HE WAS PULLED IN.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Getting On Or Off Equipment
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Source of injury: MACHINE-MILL,CLEANING PLT
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: BODY PARTS, NEC
Total mining experience: 1 year
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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