Utility Man, Shift Tech, Service/Dump Truck Operator fatality

November 5, 2022 at 4:10 AM

Knoxville Cement Plant · CEMEX Construction Materials Atlantic, LLC · Knox County, TN

Investigator narrative

Employee was operating front end loader in the coal shed. For unknown reasons employee left the loader and was engulfed in the coal pile near the grizzly bars for the feeding system.

Record details

Classification: OTHER
Accident type: Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Activity at time: Walking, Running
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury: BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Total mining experience: 1.02 years
Experience at this mine: 1.02 years
Experience in this job: 0.83 years
Mine type: Facility
Sector: Metal/Nonmetal

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