Fatality · MSHA Record #219990600001
Warehouseman
February 3, 1999
at 2:00 PM
Operator:
Iluka Resources Inc.
(Iluka Resources Ltd)
Dinwiddie County, VA
Classification
MACHINERY
Type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
EE FAILED TO DE-ENERGIZE AUTOMATIC SAMPLER ARM AS INSTRUCTED BY MGMT. THE SAMPLER ARM CYCLED AUTOMATICALLY ACROSS THE INNER PORTION OF THE LOADOUT CHUTE EVERY 5 MIN. THE EVIDENCE SUGGEST THAT THE EE MAY HAVE CLIMBED INTO THE LOADOUT CHUTE, PLACED HIMSELF IN THE PATH OF THE SAMPLER ARM, AND WAS CRUSHED BY THE SAMPLER ARM. THE CO. NEVERY AUTHORIZED & HAD NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE THAT THE E
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Handling Supplies Or Material
- Subunit / location
- MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Source of injury
- MACHINE-MILL,CLEANING PLT
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 1 year
- Experience at this mine
- 1 year
- Experience in this job
- 0 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219990600001 · Mine ID 4406879
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