Fatality · MSHA Record #219991060001

Driller fatality at Briar Hill Stone Co (Waller Brothers Stone Company Inc), OH, April 7, 1999

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On April 7, 1999, a driller was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Briar Hill Stone Co (Waller Brothers Stone Company Inc), OH.

Briar Hill Stone Co · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Waller Brothers Stone Company Inc (Frank Waller)

Scioto County, OH

Classification MACHINERY

Type Struck by flying object

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Investigator narrative

2" IRON PIPE CAME LOOSE FROMA UNION JOINT AND THE OTHER END WAS THREADED INTO AN ELBOW AND WHEN IT CAME LOOSE THE PIPE APPROX 4' TO 6' LONG ACTED LIKE A JET PROPULSTON AND THE PIPE ROTATED LIK E A FAN AND IT HIT THE EE IN THE HEAD CAUSING DEATH FROM HEAD TRAUMA. PIPE WAS CONNECTED TO AIR COMPRESSOR.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Observe Operations
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Source of injury: METAL,(Not Elsewhere Classified)(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: OTHER INJURY,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Body part affected: HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience: 40 years
Experience at this mine: 30 years
Experience in this job: 21 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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