Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #219943110001

Warehouseman fatality at Lone Star Quarry & Mill (Lone Star Industries Inc), MO, October 27, 1994

at 2:05 PM

On October 27, 1994, a warehouseman was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Lone Star Quarry & Mill (Lone Star Industries Inc), MO.

Lone Star Quarry & Mill · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal
Cape Girardeau County, MO
Classification POWERED HAULAGE
Type Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Investigator narrative
EE CRUSHER HELPER WAS CHECKING EMERGENCY STOP CORDS ALONG A CONVEYOR HE WAS RESETTING TRIP SWITCHES THE CRUSHER OPERATOR WAS IN THE CONTROL ROOM OPERATING START-UP & WAS COMMUNICATING WITH EE BY TWO-WAY RADIO SHORTLY AFTER RESTARTING THE CONVEYOR IT SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN & CONTROLS INDICATED SIDE SLIPPING OF THE BELT THE CRUSHER OPERATOR INVESTIGATED & FOUND THE VICTIM PULLED THROUGH
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Inspect Equipment Or Mine
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Source of injury
BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience
26 years
Experience at this mine
12 years
Experience in this job
3 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY

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