Fatality · MSHA Record #220152010019

Superintendent fatality at Dry Fork Sand & Gravel (Heidelberg Materials Midwest Agg, Inc.), OH, July 10, 2015

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On July 10, 2015, a superintendent was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Dry Fork Sand & Gravel (Heidelberg Materials Midwest Agg, Inc.), OH.

Dry Fork Sand & Gravel · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Heidelberg Materials Midwest Agg, Inc. (Heidelberg Materials AG)

Hamilton County, OH

Classification MACHINERY

Type Drowning

Investigator narrative

The employee was performing work activities on a sand dredge to free a clam shell bucket from material in a lake when the dredge capsized.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Barge, Boat, Dredge
Subunit / location: DREDGE
Accident type: Drowning
Source of injury: WATER
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 26 years
Experience at this mine: 15 years
Experience in this job: 5 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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