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Case study · MSHA Record #219872610001

Welder (Shop) fatality

September 8, 1987 at 9:45 AM
ABEL SPUR MILL · Western Sand & Gravel Company · Saunders County, NE
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
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Welding Or Cutting
Subunit / location
DREDGE
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
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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