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September 15, 2005 at 9:40 AM

Texas-Lehigh Cement Plant & Quarry · Facility · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP (Eagle Materials Inc & Heidelberger Zement Ag)

Hays County, TX

Classification SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Type Fall 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
Underground location: NO VALUE FOUND
Mining method: NO VALUE FOUND
Accident type: Fall from machine
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: 7 years
Experience at this mine: 7 years
Experience in this job: 7 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Accident record: Download MSHA Accidents.zip — then search for Document number 220052660015 (the unique key per MSHA Form 7000-1)
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220052660015 · Mine ID 4102781 Trainer view →