Scoop Car/Scooptram Operator fatality at Retsof Screening/Bagging Facility (Akzo Nobel Salt Inc), NY, November 19, 1990

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On November 19, 1990, a scoop car/scooptram operator was fatally injured in a fall of roof or back accident at Retsof Screening/Bagging Facility (Akzo Nobel Salt Inc), NY.

Retsof Screening/Bagging Facility · Facility · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Akzo Nobel Salt Inc (Gene Dewitt Corporation)

Livingston County, NY

Classification FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Type Struck by falling object

Investigator narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS A PASSENGER IN G370 WHEN I NAME PULLED INTO 8XE 52RX I NAME MENTIONED TWO SCALES IN ROOF THAT NEEDED TO BE PULLED PRIOR TO BEGINNING WORK SECONDS LATER THE ENTIRE ROOM FELL STRIKI NG THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Handling Supplies Or Material
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: FACE
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Source of injury: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience: 14 years
Experience at this mine: 14 years
Experience in this job: 8 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219903340001 · Mine ID 3000662 Trainer view →