Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14511380 - STRUCK BY FALLING CONVEYOR

Accident Summary Nr: 14511380 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 07/23/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100299312	07/25/1985	1711	0	Shafer Plumbing & Heating, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100299304	07/25/1985	1791	0	Tri M Erectors Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100298413	07/25/1985	1731	0	Texas Electric Constructors, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100298439	07/25/1985	1741	0	Circle "D" Masonry Co.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100299296	07/25/1985	1629	0	Paul A Laurence Co
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100299395	08/14/1985	1623	0	Peabody Southwest, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100298348	07/23/1985	1623	0	Mole Const. Co. & S. & M. Constructors, Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING UNDER A 1500 POUND SECTION OF A BELT CONVEYOR. THE CONVEYOR'S WEIGHT WAS SUPPORTED BY ANGLE BRACES WELDED ONTO TWO CYLINDRICAL SKIDS. THE SKIDS WERE ABOUT TO BE TOWED, VIA LOCOMOTIVE, INTO A TUNNEL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE CONVEYOR SECTION WAS PLANNED TO BE THE FIRST OF SEVERAL, WHICH, WHEN COUPLED, WOULD CARRY DIRT FROM THE TUNNEL BORING MACHINE TO THE TUNNEL ENTRANCE. EMPLOYEE #1 SIGNALED THE LOCOMOTIVE OPERATOR WITH A FLASHLIGHT TO BEGIN MOVING THE SKID-MOUNTED CONVEYOR INTO THE TUNNEL. UNFORTUNATELY, SINCE THE CONVEYOR WAS NOT PHYSICALLY SECURED TO THE SKID, THE LOCOMOTIVE PULLED THE SKID FROM UNDER ONE END OF THE CONVEYOR. THE CONVEYOR END FELL ONTO EMPLOYEE #1, DECAPITATING HIM.

Keywords: STRUCK BY, CONVEYOR, FALLING OBJECT, HEAD, TUNNEL, UNSECURED, DECAPITATED, CONSTRUCTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100299312			Occupation Not Listed
2	100299304			Occupation Not Listed
3	100298413			Occupation Not Listed
4	100298439			Occupation Not Listed
5	100299296			Occupation Not Listed
6	100299395			Occupation Not Listed
7	100298348	Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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