Fatality · MSHA Record #219993020001

Electrician fatality at O'Neal Quarry & Mill (Lhoist North America of Alabama, LLC), AL, October 20, 1999

at 9:45 AM

On October 20, 1999, an electrician was fatally injured in a fall of face/rib/pillar/side/highwall accident at O'Neal Quarry & Mill (Lhoist North America of Alabama, LLC), AL.

O'Neal Quarry & Mill · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Lhoist North America of Alabama, LLC (Lhoist Group)

Shelby County, AL

Classification FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Type Struck by falling object

Investigator narrative

VICTIM WAS ATTEMPTING TO CONNECT ELECTRICAL CABLES FOR A SUBMERSIBLE PUMP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE QUARRY. HE WAS WORKING AT THE SUMP AREA WHICH IS NEAR THE SOUTH HIGHWALL. ALTHOUGH NO ONE SAW A R OCK OR ROCKS HIT THE VICTIM, IT APPEARS HE WAS HIT BY FALLING ROCK. REPORTED TO MSHA IMMEDIATELY.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Electrical Maintenance
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Source of injury: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
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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