Fatality · MSHA Record #219962070001

Welder (Shop) fatality at Bullitt County Stone Company, KY, July 17, 1996

at 5:05 PM

On July 17, 1996, a welder (shop) was fatally injured in a falling/sliding/rolling materials accident at Bullitt County Stone Company, KY.

Bullitt County Stone Company · Underground · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Bullitt County Stone Company (Rogers Group Inc)

Bullitt County, KY

Classification FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Type Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

Investigator narrative

PUGMILL OPERATOR AND WELDER, CUTTING OUT THE REAR PLATE OF THE PUGMILL TUNNEL FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE TUNNEL. MATERIAL ABOVE THEM SLOUGHED OFF TRAPPING THE OPERATOR AT THE WAIST AND COMPLETELY BURYING THE WELDER. EMP WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE OPERATOR PULLED MUSCLES IN LEFT LEG, AND WAS TREATED FOR SHOCK.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Welding Or Cutting
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Source of injury: LOOSE DIRT AND MUD
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 3 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 3 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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