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Case study · MSHA Record #220191710035

Electrician Helper fatality

June 10, 2019 at 11:00 AM
River Road Quarry · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Davidson County, TN
Investigator narrative
Pending Investigation - Victim was leveling material in a trench made for laying electrical conduit, manager was operating front-end loader above. The front-end loader was being used to back fill the trench when the bank collapsed causing the front-end loader to slide into the trench. The victim was fatally injured when victim was pinned between loader and jersey block.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Electrical Maintenance
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience
3 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
3 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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