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Case study · MSHA Record #219890120043

Laborer fatality

December 6, 1988 at 7:05 AM
Stavola Construction Materials, Inc. · Stavola Construction Materials Inc · Somerset County, NJ
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING NEAR CONVEYORS C-1 AND C-33 WAITING ON THE DAYS ASSIGNMENT WHEN A LARGE ROCK HIT HIM IN THE HEAD FROM THE BACK AREA WHERE ROCK CAME FROM WAS UNDETERMINED EMPLOYEE DIED FI 1-6-89 AT 7:50 PM
Record details
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Activity at time
Idle
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury
BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience
20 years
Experience at this mine
6 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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