Fatality · MSHA Record #219872610001
Welder (Shop) fatality at ABEL SPUR MILL (Western Sand & Gravel Company), NE, September 8, 1987
at 9:45 AM
On September 8, 1987, a welder (shop) was fatally injured in a falling/sliding/rolling materials accident at ABEL SPUR MILL (Western Sand & Gravel Company), NE.
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
I NAME AND I NA4E EMPLOYEES OF THE OL&B RAILROAD, WERE CUTING UP A RAILROAD CAR, WORKING ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE CAR. I NAME HEARD THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAR FALL. HE THEN SAW I NAME LYING UNDER THE CAR S3DE. I NAME WAS TAKEN BY HELICOPTER TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED 9 12 87
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Welding Or Cutting
- Subunit / location
- DREDGE
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Source of injury
- STD G RAIL CR,MTR-SURF EQ
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Experience in this job
- 10 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219872610001 · Mine ID 2500984
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