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Case study · MSHA Record #219841930007

Laborer fatality

June 26, 1984 at 12:45 AM
Clinchfield Plant · Medusa Cement Company · Houston County, GA
Investigator narrative
EMPTY RAIL CAR BEING GRAVITY DROPPED DOWN SLIGHT GRADE COLLIDED WITH A PARKED RAIL CAR ON THE SAME TRACK. VICTIM WAS THROWN OFF THE EMPTY RAIL CAR CAR HE WAS RIDING INTO THE END OF THE PARKED RAIL CAR. HE THEN FELL ONTO THE TRACK AND THE RAIL CAR HE HAD BEEN RIDING ROLLED ONTO HIM.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Ride Equipment
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury
STD G RAIL CR,MTR-SURF EQ
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience
6 years
Experience at this mine
6 years
Experience in this job
6 years
Mine type
Facility
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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