Fatality · MSHA Record #219843330001

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at JEFFERSON CITY MILL (Usx Corp), TN, November 9, 1984

at 8:00 PM

On November 9, 1984, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in a slip or fall of person accident at JEFFERSON CITY MILL (Usx Corp), TN.

JEFFERSON CITY MILL · Facility · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Usx Corp (USX Corp (United States Steel Corp))

Knox County, TN

Classification SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Type Fall from machine

Investigator narrative

INJURED APPARENTLY FELL FROM A PARKED HAULAGE TRUCK TO GROUND LEVEL AS HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OVER THE TRUCK SUPERSTRUCTURE. AT SOME POINT IN HIS DECENT HE FELL AND STRUCK THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS H EAD AND LEFT SHOULDER AGAINST A FLAT SURFACE HE WAS FOUND APPROX. 6 FT IN FRONT O THE PARKED TRUCK, LYING ON HIS BACK, WITH ARMS FOLDED OVER HIS CHEST. HIS HARD HAT SOME 4 FT AWAY.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Getting On Or Off Equipment
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type: Fall from machine
Source of injury: GROUND
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 37 years
Experience at this mine: 37 years
Experience in this job: 4 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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