Fatality · MSHA Record #219852940076

Maintenance Man fatality at ARGOS ROBERTA PLANT (Blue Circle Cement), AL, October 8, 1985

at 8:50 AM

On October 8, 1985, a maintenance man was fatally injured in a falling/sliding/rolling materials accident at ARGOS ROBERTA PLANT (Blue Circle Cement), AL.

ARGOS ROBERTA PLANT · Facility · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Blue Circle Cement (Blue Circle Industries Plc)

Shelby County, AL

Classification FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Type Struck by falling object

Investigator narrative

EMPL HELPING REPLACE FINISH MILL SEPARATOR LINER PLATES IN FINISH MILL ROOM.EMPL ON 1ST LEVEL OF MILL HOOKING UP NEW LINER PLATE.OLD LINER PLATE HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM SEPARATOR AND STACKED ON TOP OF SEPARATOR.ONE PLATE FELL 40\ STRIKING EMPL IN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Source of injury: METAL,(Not Elsewhere Classified)(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience: 13 years
Experience at this mine: 13 years
Experience in this job: 5 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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