June 7, 2021
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
dry screening plant operator, screen house operator
Fatality · HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R .E. Janes Gravel Company
· Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Donning fall protection equipment, the miner entered the top of a primary feed hopper without the knowledge of management and contrary to mine safety procedures to remove a large rock. While trying to break up the rock, raw material that remained on the sides of the hopper sloughed off engulfing the miner.