Fatality · MSHA Record #219832850095

Superintendent fatality at Eureka Sand & Gravel (Eureka Sand & Gravel Company), MO, September 19, 1983

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On September 19, 1983, a superintendent was fatally injured in a slip or fall of person accident at Eureka Sand & Gravel (Eureka Sand & Gravel Company), MO.

Eureka Sand & Gravel · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Eureka Sand & Gravel Company (Kienstra Theodore)

St Louis County, MO

Classification SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Type Drowning

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Investigator narrative

UNKNOWN WE DO NOT KNOW WAHT HE WAS DOING OR WHY HE WAS NOT WEARING HIS LIFEJACKET THREE COMAPNY LIFE JACKETS WERE FOUND IN HIS TRUNK

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Unknown
Subunit / location: DREDGE
Accident type: Drowning
Source of injury: WATER
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 45 years
Experience at this mine: 6 years
Experience in this job: 6 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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