Fall from machine
Employee was changing screen material in a triple deck screen when he fell over the hand rail. He fell approximately 56 feet to the ground below.
GS Aggregates Freedom MineMetal/Nonmetal
GS Aggregates LLC · Surface
Controlled by Schwab Aggregates LLC; Gernatt Asphalt Products, Inc
Delevan, Cattaraugus County, NY · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3001582
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2003–2011
- Latest incident
- Sep 2011
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
1 on file (excluding fatalities above)2003 · 1 incident
Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A IDLER ON A CONVEYER BELT. HE HAD STEPPED ONTO THE BOTTOM OF THE TRUSS FRAME 32"" OFF THE GROUND. HE LOST HIS GRIP AS HE WAS PULLING THE IDLER AND FELL BACK ONTO PRY BA R THAT HAD STUCK IN RIGHT BUTTOCK CAUSING A LACERATION.