Struck by powered moving object
THE FRONT-END LOADER OPERATOR WAS BACK-FILLING AROUND A NEWLY INSTALLED TRUCK SCALE WHEN HE BACKED OVER THE VICTIM WITH THE LOADER, WHICH RESULTED IN A FATAL INJURY.
Glacier Rock PitMetal/Nonmetal
Glacier Rock Company · Surface
Controlled by Roger Lee Hageman
Welington, Larimer County, CO · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0504634
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2002–2022
- Latest incident
- Aug 2022
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
3 on file (excluding fatalities above)2022 · 1 incident
Struck by flying object
Employee was using a grinding wheel on some metal and the wheel flew apart causing injury to left forearm and bruises to chest.
2016 · 2 incidents
Struck against a moving object
Removing bolts on loader bucket with impact wrench, cutting left index finger on spinning bolt.
Struck against stationary object
Employee was trying to connect hydraulic fittings, lost balance causing hard hat to fall off and fell into machine impacting steel structure hitting fore head