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Case study · MSHA Record #219842050260

Mine Manager fatality

July 19, 1984 at 12:45 PM
Columbia Quarry · Columbia Rock Products Corp · Maury County, TN
Investigator narrative
I.NAME AND I.NAME HOOKING PEDESTAL MOUNTED FLOOD LIGHTS.I.NAME DRIVING #9 TRUCK WITH MAN LIFT BOOM ON IT.WHEN HE PARKED TRUCK SET HANDBRAKE AND GOT OUT OF TRUCK TO HELP I.ANEM UNTANGLE POWER C ORD.I.NAME TOLD I.NAME TO GET BACK IN TRUCK AND TURN ON LIGHTS AND START PTO SO BOOM COULD BE USED.I.NAME STATED WHEN HE TURNED TO GO BACK AROUND TRUCK IT WAS ROLLING TOWARD THEM.HE JUMPED OU
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck by powered moving object
Activity at time
Walking, Running
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Underground location
LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
Mining method
Continuous Mining
Source of injury
PASS CARS,PICKUP TRUCKS
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part affected
CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Total mining experience
40 years
Experience at this mine
40 years
Experience in this job
40 years
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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