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PORTABLE #1 Metal/Non-Metal

L S Garrow & Sons Inc · Surface

Controlled by Garrow Gene E & Delbert L

La Salle County, IL · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1102382

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 1987–1993
Latest incident: Oct 1993

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

November 9, 1987 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY

L S Garrow & Sons Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE VITAMIN BAC5ED OVER A 12-FOOT HIGH BANK AT AN ANGLE. THE DOZER ROLLED OVER AND CRUSHED HIM. IT WAS A VERY OLD DOZER, NOT EQUIPPED WITH ROPS.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1993 · 1 incident

October 26, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

L S Garrow & Sons Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BELT CAME OFF SIDEWAYS SHOT DOWN TOOK FLASHING OFF TO GET BELT BACK & THAN TOOK CHAIN OFF REACHED N TO TAKE OFF CHAIN THE BELT ROLLED BACK & CHAIN CAUGHT GLOVE & PULLED HAND IN CRUSHING RT THU MB & HURTING INDEX FINGER