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Case study · MSHA Record #219910980001

Maintenance Man fatality

April 1, 1991 at 9:15 AM
THE MELVIN STONE CO LLC · Melvin Stone Company · Pickaway County, OH
Investigator narrative
TWO EMPLOYEE'S WERE LOADING 50' FIELD CONVEYOR ON A 45' FLAT BED TRAILER WHEN ROCKS WOULDN'T COME OUT FROM UNDER CONVEYOR FOREMAN CAME UP TO HELP BECAUSE OF A COPLE OF TRUCKS WERE WAITING TO B E LOADED. FOREMAN CLIMB INTO BUCKET TO LOOSEN BOLTS ON FORK. FOREMAN LOOSEN BOLTHOUSE AND HAD TURNED TO LOOSEN & VICTIM HAD CLIMB UP TO O IT. FOREMAN TURN BACK TO CHECK HIS & SOMETHING SH
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Move Non-Self-Propelled Equip
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
CONVEYORS,NEC
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Total mining experience
9 years
Experience at this mine
9 years
Experience in this job
2 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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