Welder (Shop) fatality

September 15, 2005 at 9:40 AM

Texas-Lehigh Cement Plant & Quarry · Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP · Hays County, TX

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

Classification: SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type: Fall from machine
Activity at time: Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
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
Mine type: Facility
Sector: Metal/Nonmetal

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