Maintenance Man fatality at Four Corners (Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC), FL, February 7, 1998

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On February 7, 1998, a maintenance man was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Four Corners (Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC), FL.

Four Corners · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC (Mosaic Company)

Polk County, FL

Classification MACHINERY

Type Fall from machine

Investigator narrative

EMPLLOYEE IN 60' HIGH REACH GETTING TOOLS DOWN FROM JOB ON C-330 BELT, WHEN A GUST OF WIND TURNED THE HIGH-REACH OVER WITH EMPLOYEE IN MAN BASKET.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type: Fall from machine
Source of injury: GROUND
Nature of injury: OTHER INJURY,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Body part affected: CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Total mining experience: 16 years
Experience at this mine: 16 years
Experience in this job: 16 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219980610188 · Mine ID 0801117 Trainer view →