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Case study · MSHA Record #219873280001

Welder (Shop) fatality

November 16, 1987 at 2:00 PM
Cedrum Mine · Drummond Company, Inc. · Walker County, AL
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEES WERE 8ISASSEMBLING A RADIAL COAL STACKER THE VICTIM WAS REMOVING BOLTS FROM THE THIRD AND BASE SECTION WHEN THE FRAME UNDERNEATH COLLAPSED CRUSHING HIM
Record details
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Activity at time
Welding Or Cutting
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
CONVEYORS,NEC
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Total mining experience
11 years
Experience at this mine
6 years
Experience in this job
10 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Coal
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