Fatality · MSHA Record #219942690146

Prep Plant Foreman fatality at PCS PHOSPHATE COMPANY INC (Texasgulf Inc), NE, September 17, 1994

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On September 17, 1994, a prep plant foreman was fatally injured in a falling/sliding/rolling materials accident at PCS PHOSPHATE COMPANY INC (Texasgulf Inc), NE.

PCS PHOSPHATE COMPANY INC · Facility · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Texasgulf Inc (Societe Nationale Elf Aquitaine)

Cass County, NE

Classification FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Type Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

Investigator narrative

FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF TRANSFERRING MATERIAL FROM THE STORAGE DOME, INJURED APPARENTLY ENTERED THE DOME ALONE. HIS BODY WAS LATER DISCOVERED IN THE DOME. HE HAD APPARENTLY BEEN BURIED BY TH E MATERIAL STORED IN THE DOME.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Handling Coal, Rock, Ore
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Source of injury: MINERAL ITEMS,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 24 years
Experience at this mine: 19 years
Experience in this job: 18 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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