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Case study · MSHA Record #220161440020
Maintenance Man fatality
May 10, 2016 at 2:15 PM
Ash Grove Cement Company
· Ellis County, TX
Investigator narrative
Employee was found on the floor of the #2 slurry tank. Employee had significant head injuries and was pronounced dead by the Justice of the Peace. The accident scene is currently under a Section 103(k) order and subject to MSHA investigation.
Record details
- Classification
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- Accident type
- Fall from machine
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
- Source of injury
- FLOOR,WALKING SURF-NOT UG
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- HEAD,NEC
- Total mining experience
- 8 years
- Experience at this mine
- 8 years
- Experience in this job
- 6 years
- Mine type
- Facility
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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