Welder (Shop) fatality at Texas-Lehigh Cement Plant & Quarry (Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP), TX, September 15, 2005

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On September 15, 2005, a welder (shop) was fatally injured in a slip or fall of person accident at Texas-Lehigh Cement Plant & Quarry (Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP), TX.

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
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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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220052660015 · Mine ID 4102781 Trainer view →