Fatality · MSHA Record #219962990001
Laborer fatality at Mt Airy Mine And Mill (The N. C. Granite Corp), NC, October 9, 1996
at 9:15 AM
On October 9, 1996, a laborer was fatally injured in a falling/sliding/rolling materials accident at Mt Airy Mine And Mill (The N. C. Granite Corp), NC.
Operator:
The N. C. Granite Corp
(William Swift et al)
Surry County, NC
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
EE HELPED UNLOAD 14 TON QUARRY BLOCK FROM FLAT BED TRUCK. THE OVERHEAD CRANE AT SAW SHED WAS USED TO LIFT THE STOVE WIRE TOPE WAS USED. THE EE AND CRANE OPEROTOR PLACED THE BLOCK ON TOP OF ANO THER BLOCK. IN A ROW OF BLOCKS STOCKED TOO HIGH THE CABLE WAS SLACKED TO SEE IF BLOCK WAS GOING TO SIT FINE. AFTER TWO MINE. THE CABLE WAS UNHOOKED. AS EE WALKED AROUND TO THE OTHER SIDE OF B
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Walking, Running
- Subunit / location
- MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Source of injury
- BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 18 years
- Experience at this mine
- 18 years
- Experience in this job
- 18 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219962990001 · Mine ID 3100037
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