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Case study · MSHA Record #219892720053

Warehouseman fatality

September 16, 1989 at 8:30 AM
Amrize Theodore Plant · Holnam Inc · Mobile County, AL
Investigator narrative
HOT MATERIAL BROKE LOOSE & RAN OVER STAIRWELL WHERE EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN ASSISTING IN GATHERING EQUIPMENT & WAS STANDING BY BURNS TO AT LEAST 50 % OF BODY
Record details
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Contact with hot objects or substances
Activity at time
Idle
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury
PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
Nature of injury
BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Mine type
Facility
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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