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Case study · MSHA Record #219841000170

Maintenance Man fatality

February 13, 1984 at 2:45 PM
No 1 Quarry And Mill · F & M Construction Corp · Wythe County, VA
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING TRAILER TIRE ON BACK OF TRAILER, TIRE BLEW APART WITH RIM STRIKING EMPLOYEE.
Record details
Classification
EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Accident type
Struck by flying object
Activity at time
Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
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
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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