Struck by falling object
While lifting a VSI lid a strap broke. The lid struck the victim causing severe head trauma.
Portable Crusher #2Metal/Nonmetal
Oldcastle SW Group, Inc · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Boone, Pueblo County, CO · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0503808
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2000–2023
- Latest incident
- Aug 2023
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
2 on file (excluding fatalities above)2000 · 2 incidents
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS SECURING A PLATE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CONE. IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND HIT HIS FOREHEAD ABOVE THE LEFT EYEBROW, JUST BELOW THE HARD HAT.
Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
ROCK LODGED IN TAIL PULLEY WHICH STOPPED BELT. EE WAS IN LOADER, HE HONKED HORN TO GET EE ATTENTION THAT BELT REACHED IN TO DISLODGE ROCK WITH HAND. EE WAS STANDING ON GROUND WHEN HE REACHED INTO TAIL PULLEY. ONCE ROCK WAS REMOVED, BELT RESUMED MOTION AND CAUGHT EE'S ARM.