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Case study · MSHA Record #220070940020
Maintenance Man fatality
March 23, 2007 at 12:00 PM
Glass Rock Operation
· Premier Silica LLC
· Perry County, OH
Investigator narrative
4-employees were performing preventative maintenance on the aerial tram system used to transport stone from the quarry to the plant. While tensioning the steel cable used to carry the tram buckets, the hydraulic cylinder assembly pulled loose from its anchor point. One employee was fatally injured and another suffered a broken leg, after being struck by components of the system.
Record details
- Classification
- MACHINERY
- Accident type
- Struck by... NEC
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Underground location
- NO VALUE FOUND
- Mining method
- NO VALUE FOUND
- Source of injury
- JACKS-MECH,HYDRL,AIR,ETC
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- HEAD,NEC
- Total mining experience
- 26 years
- Experience at this mine
- 26 years
- Experience in this job
- 11 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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