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Case study · MSHA Record #220201820021

Quality Control Technician fatality

June 19, 2020 at 2:15 PM
PLANT 2 · Harshman Construction L L C · Osage County, KS
Investigator narrative
An individual was standing in the vicinity of a stockpile when material sloughed off from the stockpile and engulfed them.
Record details
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by rolling or sliding object
Activity at time
Inspect Equipment Or Mine
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience
49 years
Experience at this mine
4 years
Experience in this job
50 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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