Fatality · MSHA Record #219962330001

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at Selma Plant Quarry & Mill (River Cement Company dba Buzzi Unicem USA), MO, August 7, 1996

at 4:00 AM

On August 7, 1996, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in a slip or fall of person accident at Selma Plant Quarry & Mill (River Cement Company dba Buzzi Unicem USA), MO.

Selma Plant Quarry & Mill · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: River Cement Company dba Buzzi Unicem USA (Buzzi S p A)

Contractor on site: RIR

Jefferson County, MO

Classification SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Type Fall from machine

Investigator narrative

OUR DRIVER WAS ON TOP OF OUT SEMI TRAILER OPENING THE CENTER HATCH IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE BULK CEMENT. IT APPEARS THAT THE DRIVER HAD ALSO TAKEN A TUBE OF GREASE TO APPLY TO THE LATCHE S FOR THE LID OF THE SEMI TRAILER. WHILE ON TOP OF THE SEMI TRAILER OUR DRIVER WITHER SLIPPED, LOST BALANCE OR SOMETHING, CAUSING DRIVER TO FALLTO THE GROUND.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Getting On Or Off Equipment
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type: Fall from machine
Source of injury: GROUND
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part affected: SKULL
Total mining experience: 30 years
Experience at this mine: 18 years
Experience in this job: 30 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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