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Case study · MSHA Record #219832850096
Superintendent fatality
September 26, 1983 at 4:15 PM
#127 Mine And Mill
· Crossville Limestone Company Inc
· Cumberland County, TN
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF CLEANING BIN OCURRENCE OF CAVE IN EMPLOYEE COVERED WITH MATERIAL DEATH BY APHYXIATION OCCURRED BEFORE RESCUE COULD TAKE PLACE
Record details
- Classification
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
- Activity at time
- Clean Up - Ug Only
- Subunit / location
- MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
- Source of injury
- MINERAL ITEMS,NEC
- Nature of injury
- SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
- Body part affected
- BODY SYSTEMS
- Total mining experience
- 18 years
- Experience at this mine
- 12 years
- Experience in this job
- 0 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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