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Case study · MSHA Record #219870630001

Outside Foreman fatality

January 27, 1987 at 9:50 AM
Guion Plant · Silica Products Company Inc · Izard County, AR
Investigator narrative
TEARING DOWN CO3CRETE SILO, CUT TOO MANY STEEL BANDS FROM SILO. CONCRETE BLOCKS AND SAND BURIED HIM.
Record details
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Activity at time
Surface Construction, Nec
Subunit / location
SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
Source of injury
SAND,GRAVEL,SHELL
Nature of injury
SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected
BODY SYSTEMS
Experience in this job
10 years
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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