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Case study · MSHA Record #219990320001

Welder (Shop) fatality

January 20, 1999 at 4:45 PM
Globe Quarry · Williamson County Highway Department · Williamson County, TN
Investigator narrative
TURNING NEW SHAKER PAN OVER WITH BOOM TRUCK. PAN WAS STANDING ON ITS SIDE RELEASED TENSION TO RE-RIG TO THE BOTTOM TO FINISH TURNING--PAN SAT BY ITSELF FOR A FEW MINUTES--EE WALKED BETWEEN THE OPERATORS' SHACK & SHAKER--PAN TIPPED OVER--PINNED EE BETWEEN SHACK AND SHAKER.
Record details
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Walking, Running
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury
SHAKING,VIBRATNG CONVEYOR
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
4 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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