Fatality · MSHA Record #219973490001

Laborer fatality at Plourde Sand Hooksett Pit (Plourde Sand & Gravel Company Inc), NH, December 3, 1997

at 2:50 PM

On December 3, 1997, a laborer was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Plourde Sand Hooksett Pit (Plourde Sand & Gravel Company Inc), NH.

Plourde Sand Hooksett Pit · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Plourde Sand & Gravel Company Inc (Oscar P Plourde)

Merrimack County, NH

Classification MACHINERY

Type Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Investigator narrative

WHILE TESTING AND SERVICING A NEWLY INSTALLED TOLSMITH 24" DOUBLE SCREW SAND WASHER, THE VICTIM'S CLOTHING BECAME ENTANGLED, PULLING HIM INTO THE RING AND PINION GEARS LOCATED AT THE FRONT OF THE SAND WASHER.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Source of injury: MACHINE-MILL,CLEANING PLT
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: ABDOMEN/INTERNAL ORGANS
Total mining experience: 1 year
Experience at this mine: 1 year
Experience in this job: 1 year
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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