Fatality · MSHA Record #220022610001

Welder (Shop) fatality at Central State Aggregates LLC (Plaza Materials Company), FL, September 16, 2002

at 6:55 PM

On September 16, 2002, a welder (shop) was fatally injured in an electrical accident at Central State Aggregates LLC (Plaza Materials Company), FL.

Central State Aggregates LLC · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Plaza Materials Company (Carl E Petrillo)

Pasco County, FL

Classification ELECTRICAL

Type Contact with electrical current

Investigator narrative

EE WAS WELDING A PLATE ON TOPOF THE 3-DECK SCREEN. AT ABOUT 1855 HE SCREAMED. COWORKER WAS WORKING BELOW HIM AND HE RAN TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG. HE IN TURN YELLED FOR THE SUPERVISOR. THEY FOUND EE LYING ON THE SCREEN WITH THE WELDING STINGER ON TOP OF HIM. COWORKER THREW THE STINGER OFF, RAN AND TURNED THE WELDER OFF. HE CAME BACK, CHECKED AND FOUND A PULSE. HE THEN RAN AND CALLED 91

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Welding Or Cutting
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Contact with electrical current
Source of injury: ELECTRICAL APPARATUS,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Nature of injury: ELECT SHOCK,ELECTROCUTION
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 22 years
Experience at this mine: 2 years
Experience in this job: 22 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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