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Case study · MSHA Record #220082380008
Welder (Shop) fatality
August 18, 2008 at 9:30 AM
COOLSPRING MINING INC
· Coolspring Stone Supply Inc
· Fayette County, PA
Investigator narrative
The contract employee was helping to install a counterweight on Gradall XL5110 Scaler. As the weight was lifted into place, one of the connector links of the chain used for lifting broke, causing one end of the weight to strike the ground. This in turn broke the other end, which allowed the weight to strike the employee as it fell.
Record details
- Classification
- MACHINERY
- Accident type
- Struck by falling object
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
- Source of injury
- METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- LOWER EXTREMITIES,NEC
- Total mining experience
- 8 years
- Experience at this mine
- 1 year
- Experience in this job
- 8 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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