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Case study · MSHA Record #219920870001

Laborer fatality

March 16, 1992 at 10:05 PM
Asbury Sunbury · Asbury Advanced Materials · Northumberland County, PA
Investigator narrative
EMPL FATALLY INJURED CLEANING OUT PELLETIZING FEED SCREW.EMPL REMOVED GUARDS WHILE SCREW WAS RUNNING.EMPL WAS WEARING LONG SLEEVED SHIRT WITH CUFFS UNBUTTONED.SCREW WAS NOT DEENGERIZED OR LOCK ED OUT.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between NEC
Activity at time
Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury
CONVEYORS,NEC
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
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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