Fatality · MSHA Record #219871940148

Prep Plant Foreman fatality at Weeping Water Mine (Martin Marietta Aggregates), NE, July 9, 1987

at 7:10 AM

On July 9, 1987, a prep plant foreman was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Weeping Water Mine (Martin Marietta Aggregates), NE.

Weeping Water Mine · Underground · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Martin Marietta Aggregates (Martin Marietta Materials Inc)

Cass County, NE

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

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

Investigator narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING DUST OFF OF A BEND PULLEY WITH A METAL SCRAPER. THE SCRAPER WAS CAUGHT BY THE PULLEY AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLED INTO THE CONVEYOR BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE PULLEY

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Hand Tools (Not Powered)
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part affected: NECK
Total mining experience: 21 years
Experience at this mine: 21 years
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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