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Case study · MSHA Record #219982360003
Barge/Boat/Dredge/Towbarge/Towboat/Leach Operator fatality
July 14, 1998 at 2:30 PM
Hahn Ready Mix, Inc.
· Hahn Ready Mix
· Muscatine County, IA
Investigator narrative
APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN PINCH POINT.
Record details
- Classification
- MACHINERY
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
- Activity at time
- Inspect Equipment Or Mine
- Subunit / location
- DREDGE
- Source of injury
- BELTS (NOT CONVEYOR)
- Nature of injury
- AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- Body part affected
- ARM,NEC
- Total mining experience
- 7 years
- Experience at this mine
- 5 years
- Experience in this job
- 2 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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