Fatality · MSHA Record #219840190012

Welder (Shop) fatality at Piedmont Quarry (Quality Rock Company), KS, January 11, 1984

at 9:20 AM

On January 11, 1984, a welder (shop) was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Piedmont Quarry (Quality Rock Company), KS.

Piedmont Quarry · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Quality Rock Company (H T Ritchie)

Contractor on site: D7B

Greenwood County, KS

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Struck by flying object

Investigator narrative

CHESTER AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR WELDER WAS CONTRACTED TO REPAIR THE PAN OF CAT 633 MOTOR SCRAPER THE PAN WAS BENT AND NEEDED TO BE STRAIGHTENED CHESTER HAD CUT THE GUSSETS FROM UNDER THE PAN AND HAD PLACED ANGLE IRON ON THE PAN AND WEDGED IT AGAINST THE GOOSE NECK INAN ATTEMPT TO STRAIGHTEN THE PAN HE STARTED THIS PROCEDURE ON ONE SIDE OF THE PAN AND HAD MOVED THE ANGLE IRON TO T

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Source of injury: METAL,(Not Elsewhere Classified)(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
Body part affected: HEAD,NEC
Experience in this job: 40 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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