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Case study · MSHA Record #219992850001
Mine Manager fatality
August 12, 1999 at 11:00 AM
Thornhill Sand And Gravel
· Thornhill Sand & Gravel Company
· Hinds County, MS
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN A GRIZZLY FELL ON HIM AS HE AND A CO-WORKER WORKED TO CLEAR A HANG-UP OF MATERIAL INSIDE A HOPPER. PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, THEY HAD RAISED THE FRONT OF THE GRI ZZLY AND PROPPED IT ABOVE THE HOPPER SO THEY WOULD HAVE ROOM TO WORK.
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Struck by falling object
- Activity at time
- Welding Or Cutting
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Source of injury
- SHAKING,VIBRATNG CONVEYOR
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- SKULL
- Total mining experience
- 1 year
- Experience at this mine
- 1 year
- Experience in this job
- 1 year
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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