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Case study · MSHA Record #219980290001

Welder (Shop) fatality

January 19, 1998 at 10:15 AM
Sandusky Quarry · Rogers Group Inc · Erie County, OH
Investigator narrative
AS EE WAS POSITIONING HIMSEL FHE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARDS TO THE GROUND. HE WAS NOT WEARING A SAFETY HARNESS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. SAFET HARNESSES WERE AVAILABLLE AT THE OB SITE AND IN THE WORK AREA. THE EMPLOYEES WERE AWARE OF THE AVAILABILITY OF THE HARNESSES AND HAD OBSERVED PRIOR USE OF THEHARNESSES AT THE JOB SITE.
Record details
Classification
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type
Fall to lower level, NEC
Activity at time
Handling Supplies Or Material
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury
GROUND
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
16 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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