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POWERED HAULAGE

Fatal · 220232700005 · 09/08/2023 · Neiswonger Construction Inc

Details

Degree of injury
FATALITY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity
Welding or cutting
Injury source
BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost
Mine experience
1.67 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Clyde Holding Inc
Operator
Neiswonger Construction Inc
Mine
3609542

Narrative

Employee disregarded lock out tag safety training and climbed into a hopper without de-energizing equipment and without notifying other workers in the area. Loader operator had no way of knowing that anyone would be inside the hopper with the feeder belt running. Employee in the hopper was buried and crushed when loader operator dumped 18 tons of stone into hopper

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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