Electrician Helper

June 10, 2019 at 11:00 AM

River Road Quarry · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC (Vulcan Materials Company)

Davidson County, TN

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Investigator narrative

Pending Investigation - Victim was leveling material in a trench made for laying electrical conduit, manager was operating front-end loader above. The front-end loader was being used to back fill the trench when the bank collapsed causing the front-end loader to slide into the trench. The victim was fatally injured when victim was pinned between loader and jersey block.

MSHA filed this narrative before the investigation concluded. The final investigation report is linked under Verify this record below.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Electrical Maintenance
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Underground location: NO VALUE FOUND
Mining method: NO VALUE FOUND
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 3 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 3 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

Verify on MSHA

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Final investigation report: Read MSHA's final report
Accident record: Download MSHA Accidents.zip — then search for Document number 220191710035 (the unique key per MSHA Form 7000-1)
Mine record: MSHA Mine Data Retrieval System — search by Mine ID 4000104
All MSHA datasets: Open Government Data program directory — Accident, Mines, Inspections, Violations, etc.

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220191710035 · Mine ID 4000104 Trainer view →