Fatality · MSHA Record #219960080012

Welder (Shop) fatality at Whites Creek Plant & Quarry (Menefee Crushed Stone Company Inc), TN, December 5, 1995

at 5:33 PM

On December 5, 1995, a welder (shop) was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Whites Creek Plant & Quarry (Menefee Crushed Stone Company Inc), TN.

Whites Creek Plant & Quarry · Underground · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Menefee Crushed Stone Company Inc (Rogers Group Inc)

Davidson County, TN

Classification MACHINERY

Type Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Investigator narrative

EE WAS PREFORMING BUILD UP WELDING INSIDE THE MISSOUR ROGER 4654 PRIMARY CRUSHER. HE DID NOT FOLLOW SAFETY PRODCEDERES REQUIRING HIM TO LOCK OUT THE ELECTRIC SERVICE TO THE CRUSHER. APPEARS PO SSIBLE THAT THE ARC FROM WELDER MAY HAVE CAUSED SOME WIRING INT HE STARTING CUIRIT TO FUSE, CAUSING THE CRUSHER TO START.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Welding Or Cutting
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Source of injury: MACHINE-MILL,CLEANING PLT
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 2 years
Experience in this job: 1 year
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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