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Case study · MSHA Record #219942690146

Prep Plant Foreman fatality

September 17, 1994 at 5:00 AM
PCS PHOSPHATE COMPANY INC · Texasgulf Inc · Cass County, NE
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
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Activity at time
Handling Coal, Rock, Ore
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury
MINERAL ITEMS,NEC
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
Mine type
Facility
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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