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Case study · MSHA Record #219962330001

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality

August 7, 1996 at 4:00 AM
Selma Plant Quarry & Mill · River Cement Company dba Buzzi Unicem USA · Jefferson County, MO
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
Classification
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type
Fall from machine
Activity at time
Getting On Or Off Equipment
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
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
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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