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Case study · MSHA Record #219903190001

Laborer fatality

November 8, 1990 at 10:45 AM
Dry Branch Plant · Dry Branch Kaolin Company · Twiggs County, GA
Investigator narrative
HE ENTERED CHEMICAL TANK TO INSTALL THREADED FLANGE FOR PROBE
Record details
Classification
OTHER
Accident type
Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
Activity at time
Enter/Work In Bins, Silos
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury
OXYGEN DEFICIENT ATMOSPHR
Nature of injury
SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected
BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience
0 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
0 years
Mine type
Facility
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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