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Case study · MSHA Record #220062510046

Prep Plant Foreman fatality

August 29, 2006 at 11:40 AM
Somerset Quarry & Mill · New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company Inc · Somerset County, PA
Investigator narrative
EE was preparing to blacktop the entrance to the shop, when he walked into the path of a payloader that was transporting material from the stock pile. He was run over by the left front tire.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Walking, Running
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Total mining experience
9 years
Experience at this mine
9 years
Experience in this job
32 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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