Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver, Transportation Truck Driver fatality

August 25, 2014 at 3:15 PM

Gardenscape of New York · St Lawrence County, NY

Investigator narrative

About 3:15 pm., employee went to a storage building to get some planks. He climbed a stack of loaded pallets to get to the planks that were near the rafters and fell approximately 8 feet to the floor below and was found dead the next morning at approximately 6:02 am.

Record details

Classification: SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type: Fall from piled material
Activity at time: Climb In Piled Material
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury: FLOOR,WALKING SURF-NOT UG
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Total mining experience: 1.5 years
Experience at this mine: 1.5 years
Experience in this job: 16 years
Mine type: Surface
Sector: Metal/Nonmetal

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