Mining Incidents
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Case study · MSHA Record #220032830001

Laborer fatality

September 22, 2003 at 10:30 AM
Amrize Holly Hill Plant · Amrize Cement Inc. · Orangeburg County, SC
Investigator narrative
CAVE IN OF EXCAVATION.
Record details
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Activity at time
Hand Load, Hand Shoveling
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Underground location
NO VALUE FOUND
Mining method
NO VALUE FOUND
Source of injury
LOOSE DIRT AND MUD
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Mine type
Facility
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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