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Case study · MSHA Record #219940450003

Prep Plant Foreman fatality

January 27, 1994 at 9:10 PM
Kosmos Cement Plant · Kosmos Cement Company · Jefferson County, KY
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEE WAS SHIFT LEADMAN RUNNING THE WORK PLATFORM. HAD TROUBLE WITH JACK WANTING TO LOWER PLATFORM. DOGS ON TWO JACK FAILED (SLIPPED) LETTING PLATFORM DROP.
Record details
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
Activity at time
Enter/Work In Bins, Silos
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury
SCAFFOLDS,STAGING,ETC
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience
15 years
Experience at this mine
12 years
Experience in this job
8 years
Mine type
Facility
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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