Maintenance Man

June 12, 2015 at 7:30 AM

LOUDON QUARRY · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Fillmore Industries Inc (Gregory S Fillmore)

Contractor on site: KPH

Merrimack County, NH

Classification STRIKING OR BUMPING

Type Struck against stationary object

Investigator narrative

Technician found unconscious and transported to hospital where he died the following day. He had reported bumping his head earlier that same day but never filed an injury report.

Final MSHA investigation

On June 12, 2015, Laurence D. Yeaton, a service mechanic employed by Southworth-Milton Inc., age 66, bumped his head on an unknown object while attempting repairs on a haul truck. A company official found him later that day in the company’s boneyard, in an unresponsive state and he was transported by emergency medical services to a local hospital where he died the next day.

Findings from MSHA's final investigation report, which supersedes the preliminary narrative above.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Struck against stationary object
Source of injury: MISCELLANEOUS,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Nature of injury: CONCUSSION-BRAIN,CEREBRAL
Body part affected: BRAIN
Total mining experience: 42 years
Experience at this mine: 20 years
Experience in this job: 42 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220152100032 · Mine ID 2700222 Trainer view →