HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Michigan Materials and Aggregates Company
Start: 02/27/2020

Fatal · 220200640014 · 02/27/2020 · Michigan Materials and Aggregates Company

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 1.96 years

Operator

Controller (parent): CRH PLC
Operator: Michigan Materials and Aggregates Company
Mine: 2002995

Narrative

Four employees were installing a steel plate. The plate was 20' wide x 8' high x 1"" thick. A small loader put the forks against the plate 5 feet up. The operator re-position the forks 3 feet lower so employee 1 could stand on forks and get a better reach. The plate became unstable and fell on top of employee 1, pinning the employee.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown