Fatality · MSHA Record #219902820001

Bulldozer Operator fatality at Cantera Espinosa (San Juan Cement Company Inc), PR, September 20, 1990

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On September 20, 1990, a bulldozer operator was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Cantera Espinosa (San Juan Cement Company Inc), PR.

Cantera Espinosa · Facility · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: San Juan Cement Company Inc (Arturo Diaz Jr)

Contractor on site: DB3

Manati County, PR

Classification MACHINERY

Type Struck by falling object

Investigator narrative

WITNESSES ALLEGE THAT THE EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING AN AREA FOR THE TEMPORARY STORAGE OF STEEL BEAMS WHICH WERE BEING OFF-LOADED FROM A FLATBED TRUCK. WHILE THOSE BEAMS WERE SUSPENDED OVERHEAD BY NYLON SLINGS, THEY TILTED, SLID THROUGH THE SLINGS AND FELL, IMPACTING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD (FACE AREA). THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSFERRED BY AMBULANCE TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOU

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Handling Supplies Or Material
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Source of injury: STEEL RAIL (ALL KINDS)
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: HEAD, MULTIPLE PARTS
Total mining experience: 3 years
Experience at this mine: 3 years
Experience in this job: 3 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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