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Case study · MSHA Record #219871100307

Warehouseman fatality

March 31, 1987 at 8:45 AM
Admiralty · Flint Rock Products · Ottawa County, OK
Investigator narrative
I.NAME WAS IN T2E SCREENING ROOM AND ONE OF HIS CO-WORKERS NOTICED THAT I.NAME WAS MISSING. UPON GOING TO CHECK ON HIM, THEY FOUND HIM WITH HIS ARM CAUGHT IN THE CONVEYOR BELT TAIL PULLEY. THE FREED HIM FROM 7HE TAIL PULLEY AND TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL
Record details
Classification
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type
Caught in, under or between NEC
Activity at time
Conveyor Belt
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience
4 years
Experience at this mine
4 years
Experience in this job
2 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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