Fatality · MSHA Record #219981130001
Warehouseman
April 11, 1998
at 8:00 AM
Operator:
Keystone Landfill Inc
(L & D Management Inc)
Lackawanna County, PA
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Type
Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Investigator narrative
THE EE ENTERED THE SECURED AREA WITH THE CONVEYOR RUNNING. HE WAS WEARING LOOSE CLOTHING WHICH APPARENTLY BECAME TANGLE IN THE TAIL PULLEY WHICH THEN PULLED HIM ONTO THE CONVEYOR AND HE WAS WE DGE BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR BELT AND TENSION IDLER RESULTING IN HIS DEATH.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Mill Equipment
- Subunit / location
- MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
- Source of injury
- BELT CONVEYORS
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- 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 219981130001 · Mine ID 3608726
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