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Case study · MSHA Record #219981130001
Warehouseman fatality
April 11, 1998 at 8:00 AM
Keystone Quarry
· Keystone Landfill Inc
· Lackawanna County, PA
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
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
- Activity at time
- Mill Equipment
- Subunit / location
- MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
- 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
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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