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Case study · MSHA Record #219881650001

Warehouseman fatality

May 31, 1988 at 9:15 PM
Kingston Plant #3 · Callanan Industries Inc · Ulster County, NY
Investigator narrative
THERE WERE NO WITNESSES. EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 980 B FRONEND LOADER AND APPARENTLY FLIPPED INTO THE MUCK POND ON ITS TOP BURYING THE MACHINE AND OPERATOR UNDER THE WATER UP TO MIDWAY OF WH EELS UNDETERMINED WHETHER THE LOST CONTROL OR SIMPLY BACKED IN.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Drowning
Activity at time
Front-End Loader
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury
WATER
Nature of injury
SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected
BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience
0 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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