CONTRACTOR CONTRACTED TO DISASSEMBLE AND MOVE PORTABLE CONVEYORS. WHILE CONVEYOR SECTIONS WERE BEING LOADED ON SUBCONTRACTORS TRUCK. A SECTION DROPPED CRUSHING THE SUBCONTRACTERS TRUCK DRIVER. THE MINE WAS CLOSED FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS BUT THE CONTRACTOR WAS DOING A JOB HE WAS CONTRACTED TO DO.
American Aggregates Of Michigan operator
Controlled by
CSR Ltd
MSHA operator ID: L13080
Top causes
- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 6 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 5 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 19 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 16 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 6 non-fatal
- OTHER 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
1997
3
1996
6
1995
11 (1f)
1994
4
1993
8
1992
8
1991
15 (1f)
1990
5
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
2 recorded
December 22, 1995
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
Fatality · MACHINERY
American Aggregates Of Michigan · Struck by falling object
American Aggregates Of Michigan · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
VICTIM & 3 OTHERS WERE PULLING ON NEW BELTING USING CABLE SNATCH BLOCK AND END LOADERS. VICTIM WAS IN THE V AREA OF THE PULL, WHEN THE CABLE HOLDING THE SNATCH BROKE HE WAS IN DIRECT LINE OF THE PULLING CABLE WHICH HIT HIM IN THE HEAD KILLING HIM INSTANTLY.
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