Fatality · MSHA Record #219830380199

Maintenance Man fatality at Quincy Plant and Mines (Floridin Company), FL, January 25, 1983

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On January 25, 1983, a maintenance man was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Quincy Plant and Mines (Floridin Company), FL.

Quincy Plant and Mines · Facility · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Floridin Company (Engelhard Corp)

Contractor on site: Z59

Gadsden County, FL

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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Investigator narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING UNDER THE MAN-LIFT PLATFORM (WHICH WAS NOT RUNNING) SOMEONE AT ANOTHER FLOOR LEVEL TURNED THE MAN-LIFT ON. THUS, EMPLOYEE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PLATFORM AND THE MAN-LIFT STEP. BROKEN RIBS RIGHT & LEFT SIDE; COLLAPSED RIGHT LUNG, PARTIALLY COLLAPSED LEFT LUNG; CHIPPED 1 VERTEBRE IN BACK: 2 BONES BROKEN IN RIGHT SHOULDER.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Inspect Equipment Or Mine
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: HOISTING APPARATUS,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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