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Accident: 146088.015 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed By Falling Conveyor Arm
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1594831.015 | 05/10/2022 | Fortuna Aggregates Llc |
At 5:00 p.m. on May 6, 2022, Employee #1 and Coworker #1 were power washing mud off a Finlay 683(Serial Number: FTP 520539) inclined screen machine in preparati on for transport. Coworker #2, a supervisor, was folding the machine's three mo ving conveyor systems and placing the machine into transport mode. Coworker #2 directed Employee #1 and Coworker #1 to stand back from the machine and began to lower a side chute conveyor into the transport racking system. For some unknow n reason, Employee #1 ran under the moving conveyor. Coworker #2 noticed Employ ee #1 moved his hands away from the control levers, the machine came to a stop a nd the pin holding the conveyor arm to the machine broke. The elevated conveyor arm completely broke off the machine frame and struck Employee #1 and dragged h im into a crush point, killing him.
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1594831.015 | 51 | M | Fatality | Equipment Operator: Heavy |