Fatality · MSHA Record #219872050001

Front-End Loader fatality at Crushing Plant (Blue River Sand & Gravel), KS, July 16, 1987

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On July 16, 1987, a front-end loader was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Crushing Plant (Blue River Sand & Gravel), KS.

Crushing Plant · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Blue River Sand & Gravel (Richard H Kistner)

Marshall County, KS

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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Investigator narrative

ACCIDENT VICTIM3WAS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR HAULER AND WAS ALONE AT THE QUARRY LOADING HIS TRUCK WITH A RUBBER TIRED FRONT END LOADER OWNED BY THE QUARRY OPERATOR. WHEN A QUARY EMP RETURNED TO THE QUARRY H9 FOUND THE FRONT END LOADER HAD OVERTURNED AT A DITCH WITH THE VICTIM BENEATH THE MACHINE. VICTIM WAS DEAD WHEN FOUND

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Front-End Loader
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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