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PORTABLE CRUSHER #2Metal/Nonmetal

Controlled by James E Holmes
Amarillo, Potter County, TX · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104050
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2000–2001
Latest incident
May 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2001 · 1 incident

Holmes Construction Co LP.
Struck against stationary object

EE NOTICED A BUILD-UP OF MATERIAL IN A TRANSFER CHUTE. HE BROKE IT LOOSE. THE MATERIAL BLOCKED THE PATH OF THE REST OF THE MATERIAL. HE MOVED TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CHUTE TO REMOVE THE BLOCK AGE. IT BROKE LOOSE AND THE MATERIAL PUSHED THE SHOVEL DOWN AND SLAMMED HIS HAND INTO A BRACE OVER HEAD.

2000 · 2 incidents

Holmes Construction Co LP.
Fall from machine

THE OPERATOR WAS TOLD TO LOCK OUT THE BELT AND GET A LADDER AND PUT ON AS AFTER BELT. HE DID NOT GET A LADDER OR A SAFETY BELT. AND TRIPPED AND FELL 5' ON SOME ROCK.

Holmes Construction Co LP.
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I WENT TO LIFT A LARGE ROCK. WHEN LIFTED THE ROCK UNDER IT THAT WAS SUPPORTING IT SLIPPED PINNING AND MASHING FINGER BETWEEN THE TWO ROCKS.