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Case study · MSHA Record #219960080058
Warehouseman fatality
November 30, 1995 at 10:30 AM
Azusa Quarry
· Southdown California Aggregates
· Los Angeles County, CA
Investigator narrative
FELT PAIN IN BACK UNABLE TO GET UP ON THE FOLLOWING DAY. WAS SHOVELING DIRT UNDER THE CONVEYOR.
Record details
- Classification
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- Accident type
- Over-exertion in lifting objects
- Activity at time
- Hand Load, Hand Shoveling
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Source of injury
- LOOSE DIRT AND MUD
- Nature of injury
- SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- Body part affected
- BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- 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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