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Case study · MSHA Record #219902000001

Maintenance Man fatality

June 27, 1990 at 8:20 AM
PORT #1 · Woodard Construction Inc · Coryell County, TX
Investigator narrative
I.NAME REPLACING HYDRAULIC LINE ON LOADER.PLACED RR X-TIE UNDER BOOM OF LOADER INSTEAD OF USING SAFETY ANGLES DESIGNED -RR TIE COLLAPSED LETTING BOOM FALL,CRUSHING I.NAME RESULTING IN DEATH.
Record details
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Total mining experience
15 years
Experience at this mine
15 years
Experience in this job
15 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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