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Case study · MSHA Record #219833330040
Warehouseman fatality
November 23, 1983 at 8:45 AM
Oldcastle Industrial Minerals Inc
· Fletcher Limestone Company Inc
· Henderson County, NC
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OFF PLATFORM OF CONE CRUSHER ROCK BOUNCED OFF OF SCREEN H ITTING EMPLOYEE AROUND BASE OF NECK KNOCKING EMPLOYEE UNDER GUARD RAIL TO CONCFRETE APRON BELOW
Record details
- Classification
- MACHINERY
- Accident type
- Fall from machine
- Activity at time
- Clean Up - Ug Only
- Subunit / location
- MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
- Source of injury
- FLOOR,WALKING SURF-NOT UG
- Nature of injury
- FRACTURE,CHIP
- Body part affected
- SKULL
- Total mining experience
- 3 years
- Experience at this mine
- 3 years
- Experience in this job
- 3 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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