Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #220052660015

Welder (Shop)

September 15, 2005 at 9:40 AM
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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