December 12, 1996
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
shaft repair, skip tender, station tender
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Corson Lime Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE WAS FOUND BY A FELLOW EE ON THE GROUND FACE DOWN WITH HIS HEAD TOWARD FORKLIFT TRUCK. THE TRUCK HAD FLIPPED ON ITS SIDE AND THE BAR FROM THE FALLEN OBJECT PROTECTION FELL ON HIS BACK. FROM VISUAL OBSERVATION DURING MSHA INSPECTION IT IS EVIDENT THAT THE FORKLIFTS RT FRONT TIRE HIT A PIPE PROTRUDING FROM THE GROUND FLIPPED OVER ON ITS SIDE.