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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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