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Case study · MSHA Record #219872080163

Laborer fatality

July 23, 1987 at 9:00 AM
Northridge Sand LLC · L A Knebler Construction Company Inc · Sedgwick County, KS
Investigator narrative
WE WERE SETTING3SAND PUMP ON BARGE. BARGE WAS FACING WEST WITH 3 MEN ON WEST SIDE, TWO MEN ON EAST AND ONE MAN ON NORTH SIDE OF SAND PUMP. THEN INDEPENDENT LINE BROKE DROPPING THE HEADACHE BAL ABOUT 25 -30 FE9T STRIKING THE NORTH MAN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD AND FACE
Record details
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Struck by powered moving object
Activity at time
Handling Supplies Or Material
Subunit / location
DREDGE
Source of injury
CRANES,DERRICKS
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
HEAD, MULTIPLE PARTS
Experience in this job
3 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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