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Case study · MSHA Record #219843420036

Laborer fatality

December 1, 1984 at 2:00 AM
HARLEYVILLE MINE & PLANT · Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Dorchester County, SC
Investigator narrative
EMPL INSTALLING BLW-RAM REFRACTORY.LARGE LUMP OF BUILDUP MATERIAL DISLODGED FROM PREHEATER AND STRCUK SCAFFOLD HE WAS SITTING ON.PRELIM MED REPORT SHOWS INJURED HAS A BROKEN PELVIS,SHOULDER IN JURY,TORN RIGHT LUNG,TORN SPLEENAND RUPTURED ARTERY.
Record details
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Activity at time
Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury
SCAFFOLDS,STAGING,ETC
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Experience at this mine
10 years
Experience in this job
10 years
Mine type
Facility
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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