While cleaning material buildup from underneath field conveyor using a Bobcat loader, the employee climbed out of the vehicle to inspect a pin which had worked loose on the boom arm. After climbing back into the Bobcat, the employee bypassed the safety devices and operated the equipment standing up and became pinned between the boom crossmember and the roof of the cab.
Stringtown Materials LP operator
Controlled by
Lattimore Properties Inc
MSHA operator ID: L16179
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- Fatalities
- 2
- Total incidents
- 24
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2000–2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
78
citations
19
significant & substantial
$34,686
proposed penalties
$21,590
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 fatalities · 2 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 10 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 3 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 3 non-fatal
- DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) 1 non-fatal
- FIRE 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2007
2
2006
3
2005
1
2004
2 (1f)
2003
1
2002
6
2001
3 (1f)
2000
6
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
2 recorded
July 24, 2004
OK · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Stringtown Materials LP
· Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Stringtown Materials LP
· Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE WAS ASSISTING IN MOVING 5 CONNECTED RAILCARS TO AN ADJACENT TRACK BY MEANS OF A WHEELL TRACTOR. THE REAR RAILCAR BECAME UNCOUPLED FROM THE TRACTOR. THE EE SIGNALED THE OPERATOR OF TRACTOR T O BACK AWAY FROM THE REAR RAILCAR TO ALLOW RECOUPLING. AFTER THE WHEEL TRACTOR BACKED AWAY, THE EE POSITIONED HIMSELF BETWEEN THE TRACTOR & RAILCAR. THE SLACK RELEASED FATALLY INJURING EE.