Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at Whitaker Aggregates Cedar Vale Quarry (Mc Adam Limestone Products Inc), KS, August 13, 1991

at 4:07 PM

On August 13, 1991, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in an electrical accident at Whitaker Aggregates Cedar Vale Quarry (Mc Adam Limestone Products Inc), KS.

Whitaker Aggregates Cedar Vale Quarry · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Mc Adam Limestone Products Inc (Hunt Midwest Enterprises)

Cowley County, KS

Classification ELECTRICAL

Type Contact with electrical current

Investigator narrative

THERE WAS A FAULT IN THE SECONDARY SYSTEM. THE GROUND WIRE WAS BURNED IN TWO AND THE CONVEYOR FRAME WAS ENERGIZED. AN EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTAL WHEN HE TOUCHED THE FRAME. GROUND WAS WET AROUND THE AREA.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Clean Up - Ug Only
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type: Contact with electrical current
Source of injury: BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury: ELECT SHOCK,ELECTROCUTION
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 0 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219912380144 · Mine ID 1401125 Trainer view →