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Case study · MSHA Record #220232420027
Outside Foreman fatality
August 24, 2023 at 7:48 AM
MN Portable Wash 086 (A5567 Wash Plant)
· Cemstone Products Company
· Mille Lacs County, MN
Investigator narrative
While attempting to lower feed box on wash plant employee was trapped between feed box and hand railing causing fatal injuries to employee.
Record details
- Classification
- MACHINERY
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Source of injury
- MACHINE-MILL,CLEANING PLT
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
- Total mining experience
- 17 years
- Experience at this mine
- 9 years
- Experience in this job
- 17 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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