Fatality · MSHA Record #220052660015
Welder (Shop)
September 15, 2005 at 9:40 AM
Hays County, TX
ClassificationSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
TypeFall from machine
Investigator narrative
Employee fell to concrete floor at base of preheater - apparently from the second level where he had been performing work. Death was apparently immediate. There were no witnesses to the accident and it is not known how the employee fell or whether he tried to access his work from the safety handrail along the catwalk.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
- Accident type
- Fall from machine
- Source of injury
- FLOOR,WALKING SURF-NOT UG
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Total mining experience
- 7.69 years
- Experience at this mine
- 7.69 years
- Experience in this job
- 7.69 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220052660015 · Mine ID 4102781Trainer view →