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Case study · MSHA Record #220142410023

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire 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
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience
1 year
Experience at this mine
1 year
Experience in this job
16 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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