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Dryer Operator, Kiln Operator, Dry Plant Operator, Fluid Operator, Bed Dryer Operator fatality
August 20, 2019 at 8:00 AM
SCRUBGRASS FUEL HANDLING FACILITY · Scrubgrass Reclamation Company, L.P. · Venango County, PA
Investigator narrative
An employee was in the process of removing a metal dumpster from the bottom floor of our truck unloading building using a hoist. When they removed the dumpster from the building the hand rail was not put back into position and the employee fell into the lifting bay of the hoist. Fall was approximately 37 feet to the bottom level.
Record details
- Classification
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- Accident type
- Fall to lower level, NEC
- Activity at time
- Walking, Running
- Subunit / location
- MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
- Source of injury
- ELEVATORS,CAGES,SKIPS,ETC
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Total mining experience
- 0.46 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0.46 years
- Experience in this job
- 0.46 years
- Mine type
- Facility
- Sector
- Coal
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