Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170764666 - Two employees injured when struck by falling conveyor

Accident Summary Nr: 170764666 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 11/20/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125589861	12/09/1998	1799	0	Three D Service

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were erecting a conveyor as part of assembling a portable rock crusher at a sanitary landfill. The unit also included a Pioneer jaw crusher, a Simons 3 ft cone crusher, connecting conveyor belts, and a screen unit. They were installing bolts to connect the upper end stand to the conveyor frame while a Komatsu 470 loader held up the conveyor using chains around the loader bucket teeth. As Employee #1 raised the bucket, the chains holding conveyor slipped off the teeth and the conveyor and stand fell, striking Employees #1 and #2. Employee #1 was hospitalized with fractures to both bones in his lower right leg. Employee #2 fractured his right ankle, but he was not hospitalized. Raising the loader bucket causes the bucket to level down unless it is intentionally tipped up by the operator.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNSECURED, LOADER BUCKET, ROCK CRUSHER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		Other		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125589861			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
2	125589861			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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