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Case study · MSHA Record #219852940076

Maintenance Man fatality

October 8, 1985 at 8:50 AM
ARGOS ROBERTA PLANT · Blue Circle Cement · Shelby County, AL
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
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Activity at time
Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury
METAL,NEC(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
Mine type
Facility
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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