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Case study · MSHA Record #220121380027
Laborer fatality
May 15, 2012 at 10:45 PM
Gibson South
· Gibson County Coal, LLC
· Gibson County, IN
Investigator narrative
Employee was helping to pour concrete in the shaft, the hose is directed to the shaft walls as needed. The hose was over loaded with material when the concrete came out of the bucket too fast, this caused the hose to surge and knock employee and his co-workers off their feet, resulting a fracture to employee's left ankle.
Record details
- Classification
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- Accident type
- Fall to the walkway or working surface
- Activity at time
- Cement Work, Gunite Crew
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- SLOPE/INCLINED SHAFT
- Mining method
- Other
- Source of injury
- SCAFFOLDS,STAGING,ETC
- Nature of injury
- FRACTURE,CHIP
- Body part affected
- LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
- Total mining experience
- 11 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 0 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Coal
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