Front-End Loader

December 2, 1991 at 4:15 PM

Barbour County Mines · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Mullite Company Of America (Asea Brown Boveri Ltd (ABB))

Contractor on site: S6B

Barbour County, AL

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Investigator narrative

VICTIM WAS INSPECTING SCRAPER FOR OIL LEAK. WHILE CHECKING BOTTOM OF SCRAPER, A MOVING PIECE OF METAL HIT VICTIM IN HEAD.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Inspect Equipment Or Mine
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Source of injury: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience: 14 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 1 year
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219913460001 · Mine ID 0101565 Trainer view →