Mining Incidents

Topeka Stone Inc operator

Controlled by Christner Arthur
MSHA operator ID: L39200
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
3
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1988–1989

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Incident timeline

1989
1 (1f)
1988
2

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
April 7, 1989 IN · Metal/Non-Metal Fatality · HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Topeka Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHAIN SUPPORTING THE I-BEAMS SLIPPED OFF OF I-BEAM AND UNRAVELED FROM FRONT END LOADER BUCKET. I.NAME JUMPED OFF OF I-BEAM, WHICH HE WAS TRYING TO RE-HOOK AND FELL BETWEEN THE TWO I-BEAMS AND A CROSS PIECE BETWEEN I-BEAMS HIT HIM IN THE CHEST. (THE VICTIM CLIMBED A SUPPORT STANDARD OF I-BEAMS TO RESECURE A CHAIN USED IN THE SUPPORT. THE CHAIN CAME UNDONE AND STANDARD FELL CRUSHING

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