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POWERED HAULAGE

Fatal · 220011300001 · 04/25/2001 · Southway Construction Co. Inc.

Details

Degree of injury
FATALITY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost
—
Mine experience
0.03 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Estate of Henry T. Southway Jr.
Operator
Southway Construction Co. Inc.
Mine
0504110

Narrative

THE VICTIM, A LOADER OPERATOR, WAS CLEANING MATERIAL FROM A STACKER CONVEYOR WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK ONE OF THE LEG SUPPORTS, KNOCKING THE CONVEYOR OVER. A SECOND LOADER OPERATOR WAS SUMMONED TO LIFT & RESET THE CONVEYOR. THE RIGGING FAILED AND THE CONVEYOR FELL, STRIKING THE VICTIM AS HE WALKED UNDER THE RAISED CONVEYOR

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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