Fatality · MSHA Record #219961590001

Assistant Mine Foreman fatality at Hankins Quarry (B & W Stone Company), NC, May 28, 1996

at 1:15 PM

On May 28, 1996, an assistant mine foreman was fatally injured in a fall of face/rib/pillar/side/highwall accident at Hankins Quarry (B & W Stone Company), NC.

Hankins Quarry · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: B & W Stone Company (Timothy Boone)

Mcdowell County, NC

Classification FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Type Struck by falling object

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Investigator narrative

A ROCK FELL APROX. 15 TO 20 FT FROM A HIGH WALL STRIKING VICTIM IN THE HEAD, CAUSING A FATAL SKKULL FRACTURE.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Hand Load, Hand Shoveling
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Source of injury: PUMPS,FANS,COMP,ENG,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part affected: HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience: 7 years
Experience at this mine: 7 years
Experience in this job: 7 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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