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Case study · MSHA Record #219913220001

Welder (Shop) fatality

April 6, 1991 at 9:00 AM
Romeo Plant · American Aggregates Of Michigan · Macomb County, MI
Investigator narrative
VICTIM & 3 OTHERS WERE PULLING ON NEW BELTING USING CABLE SNATCH BLOCK AND END LOADERS. VICTIM WAS IN THE V AREA OF THE PULL, WHEN THE CABLE HOLDING THE SNATCH BROKE HE WAS IN DIRECT LINE OF THE PULLING CABLE WHICH HIT HIM IN THE HEAD KILLING HIM INSTANTLY.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Activity at time
Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
HEAD, MULTIPLE PARTS
Total mining experience
6 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
6 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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