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Case study · MSHA Record #219931580001

Tipple/Top Lander/Skip Dumper Operator fatality

June 1, 1993 at 9:30 AM
Algoma Pit · Zeman Construction & Concrete Company Inc · Kewaunee County, WI
Investigator narrative
FELL INTO HOPPER WHILE RUNNING WASHING PLANT AND WAS COVERED WITH GRAVEL.
Record details
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Activity at time
Surface Equipment, Nec
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
SAND,GRAVEL,SHELL
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
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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