Mining Incidents

Chester Quarry Company operator

Controlled by Schute Lester & W W
MSHA operator ID: L09463
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1984

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1984
2 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
March 8, 1984 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Chester Quarry Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK. AFTER DUMPING LOAD EMPLOYEE DID NOT DISENGAGE POWER TAKE-OFF. AS TRUCK WAS DRIVEN TOWARDS MINE ENTRANCE DUMP BODY WAS RISING AND BED STRUCK ENTRANCE CEILING OF MINE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE TRUCK DASH AND WINDSHIELD. AS A RESULT OF THE IMPACT THEEMPLOYEE INJURED HIS NOSE, CAUSING BLEEDING, LACERATIONS TO RIGHT EYE AND CHIN, X-RAYS REVEALED CRA

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