Fatality · MSHA Record #219972580001
Drill Operator fatality at Limekiln Quarry (Martin & Company Excavating), IL, September 3, 1997
at 11:45 AM
On September 3, 1997, a drill operator was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Limekiln Quarry (Martin & Company Excavating), IL.
Classification
MACHINERY
Type
Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
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Investigator narrative
IT APPEARS WHILE DRILLING THE FRONT HOLES ON THE HIGHWALL (APPROX. 92') THE CHAIN THAT LIFTS THE DRILLHAMMER BROKE, WHEN THE THE HAMMER WAS NEAR THE TOP OF THE MAST ALLOWING IT TO FALL. THE HA MMER APPRENTLY STRUCK THE DRILLER WHO WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY BELT AND PUSHED HIM OFF THE WALL. THERE WAS A SAFETY HARNESS ON THE MACHINE BUT DRILLER DID NOT HAVE IT ON AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Surface Equipment, Nec
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Accident type
- Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
- Source of injury
- GROUND
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 9 years
- Experience at this mine
- 8 years
- Experience in this job
- 9 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219972580001 · Mine ID 1100230
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