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Case study · MSHA Record #219845550101

Outside Foreman fatality

October 31, 1984 at 11:00 AM
ARP Portable Crusher #2 · Columbia Ready-Mix Inc · Douglas County, WA
Investigator narrative
THE VICTIM WAS CLEANING OUT THE SPILL FROM BENEATH THE CONVEYOR BELTS. HE WAS USING A 1976 FORD FARM TRACTOR WITH A BLADE ATTACHED TO THE BACK OF IT. WHILE CLEANING THE SPILL, HE BACKED THE TR ACTOR UNDER A TRAILER FRAME WHICH WAS HOUSING THE CANICA IMPACT CRUSHER WHICH CAUSED HIM TO BE HIT BY THE I BEAM. THE IMPACT THREW THE VICTIM OVER THE TRACTOR AND CAUSED HIM TO BECOME WEDGED
Record details
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Load-Haul-Dump (Ug)
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
FORKLIFTS,STACKERS,TRCTR
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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