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Outside Foreman, Leadman fatality
December 4, 2013 at 2:45 PM
Kansas Falls Quarry · Bayer Construction Company, Inc. · Geary County, KS
Investigator narrative
Individual was hit by fly rock while setting off a shot.
Record details
- Classification
- EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
- Accident type
- Struck by flying object
- Activity at time
- Blasting, Shoot Coal
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Source of injury
- BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Total mining experience
- 11.92 years
- Experience at this mine
- 7.92 years
- Experience in this job
- 5 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Nonmetal
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