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Case study · MSHA Record #219881540054

Warehouseman fatality

May 13, 1988 at 4:35 PM
Rockdale Quarry · Joliet Sand & Gravel Company · Will County, IL
Investigator narrative
BACKHOE BREAKER ARM STRUCK ONE EMPLOYEE AND CAUGHT ANOTHER EMPLOYEE BETWEEN THE EQUIPMENT AND FRAME. HYDRALIC HAMMER STANLEY 250 MB.
Record details
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Power Shovel, Dragline
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
THIGH/FEMUR
Total mining experience
1 year
Experience at this mine
1 year
Experience in this job
0 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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