Adjusting and cleaning of a tail pulley on a 110' Masaba Conveyor LOTO was not performed by the EE before entering the tail pulley section of the conveyor. Belt was energized by the operator; EE was in tangled in the pulley from his feet to his mid section of his body. EE was fatally injured.
Eudora QuarryMetal/Nonmetal
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Martin Marietta Materials Inc
Eudora, Douglas County, KS · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1401609
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2001–2022
- Latest incident
- Jun 2022
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedCaught in, under or between two or more moving objects
Reportable incidents
3 on file (excluding fatalities above)2022 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was installing new drive belts on a conveyor sheave. As employee was rolling the new belt on the sheave their right thumb was caught between sheave edge and belt causing a laceration to thumb.
2021 · 1 incident
Struck against stationary object
Employee was attempting to remove a nut from a screen deck bolt. Bar that employee was prying with slipped and employee cut left hand ring finger.
2001 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE MOVING A SCREEN WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF ONE'S HAND CUTTING HIS FINGER. HE NEEDED STITCHES ON HIS MIDDLE FINGER.