Fatality · MSHA Record #219963590001

Shaft Repair fatality at Plymouth Meeting Quarry (Corson Lime Company), PA, December 12, 1996

at 3:10 PM

On December 12, 1996, a shaft repair was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Plymouth Meeting Quarry (Corson Lime Company), PA.

Plymouth Meeting Quarry · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Corson Lime Company (United States Lime & Minerals Inc)

Montgomery County, PA

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Investigator narrative

EE WAS FOUND BY A FELLOW EE ON THE GROUND FACE DOWN WITH HIS HEAD TOWARD FORKLIFT TRUCK. THE TRUCK HAD FLIPPED ON ITS SIDE AND THE BAR FROM THE FALLEN OBJECT PROTECTION FELL ON HIS BACK. FROM VISUAL OBSERVATION DURING MSHA INSPECTION IT IS EVIDENT THAT THE FORKLIFTS RT FRONT TIRE HIT A PIPE PROTRUDING FROM THE GROUND FLIPPED OVER ON ITS SIDE.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Front-End Loader
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: FORKLIFTS,STACKERS,TRCTR
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Total mining experience: 20 years
Experience at this mine: 20 years
Experience in this job: 6 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219963590001 · Mine ID 3600052 Trainer view →