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Case study · MSHA Record #219860620153
Crane Operator fatality
February 24, 1986 at 1:15 PM
Pineville
· Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
· Mecklenburg County, NC
Investigator narrative
I.NAME WAS REMO5ING A 10' SECTION OF BOOM FROM A 108 LINK BELT CRANE. I.NAME FAILED TO BLOCK & SECURE THE BOOM BEFORE POSITIONING HIMSELF UNDER THE BOOM TO REMOVE THE LAST BOTTOM PIN. WHEN THE LAST PIN W5S REMOVED THE BOOM COLLAPSED PINNING I.NAME BETWEEN THE BOOM & GROUND.
Record details
- Classification
- FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
- Accident type
- Struck by falling object
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Source of injury
- SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 16 years
- Experience at this mine
- 10 years
- Experience in this job
- 7 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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