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Case study · MSHA Record #219973160001
Mine Manager fatality
October 20, 1997 at 10:00 AM
Camak Quarry
· Martin Marietta Aggregates
· Warren County, GA
Investigator narrative
THE EE WAS USING COMPRESSED AIR SUPPLIED BY THE LOCOMOTIVE TO CLEAN MUD FROM THE RAIL SCALE. TEN LOADED CARS WERE COUPLED TO THE LOCOMTIVE. FOUR ADDITIONAL LOADED CARS WERE PUSHED FROM THE LOA DOUT AND UNEXPECTEDLY STRUCK THE FIRST TEN. THISCAUSED THE LOCOMOTIVE TO MOVE FORWARD, STRIKING THE EE.
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Source of injury
- STD G RAIL CR,MTR-SURF EQ
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 24 years
- Experience at this mine
- 24 years
- Experience in this job
- 8 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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