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Case study · MSHA Record #220080280037
Maintenance Man fatality
January 25, 2008 at 10:40 AM
MLC - Bonne Terre
· Missouri Lime LLC
· St Francois County, MO
Investigator narrative
Two men were working atop an 80 ft silo attempting to reset the chain on a bucket elevator. One man was below and in phone contact with one of the two mechanics atop. As the call was ending, the assisting mechanic atop knocked a 'miner's bar' off the platform. The bar fell and hit the man below on the back of the head. The man died approx. three hours later in the hospital.
Record details
- Classification
- HANDLING OF 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
- CROWBAR,PRY BAR
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- HEAD,NEC
- Total mining experience
- 1 year
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 15 years
- Mine type
- Facility
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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