Fatality · MSHA Record #219841000170

Maintenance Man fatality at No 1 Quarry And Mill (F & M Construction Corp), VA, February 13, 1984

at 2:45 PM

On February 13, 1984, a maintenance man was fatally injured in an exploding vessels under pressure accident at No 1 Quarry And Mill (F & M Construction Corp), VA.

No 1 Quarry And Mill · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: F & M Construction Corp (H D Crowder & Sons Inc)

Wythe County, VA

Classification EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

Type Struck by flying object

Investigator narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING TRAILER TIRE ON BACK OF TRAILER, TIRE BLEW APART WITH RIM STRIKING EMPLOYEE.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Source of injury: WHEEL-FROM CAR OR TRUCK
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience: 7 years
Experience at this mine: 1 year
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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