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Case study · MSHA Record #220241170027

Front-End Loader fatality

April 13, 2024 at 10:20 AM
Morgan County Quarry · Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Morgan County, GA
Investigator narrative
Based on investigation to date, employee suffered a personal medical event (cardiac arrest). "Per Prelim: After washing a concrete pad, a miner drowned in a two-foot-deep pool of water."
Record details
Classification
OTHER
Accident type
Drowning
Activity at time
Handling Supplies Or Material
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Underground location
NO VALUE FOUND
Mining method
NO VALUE FOUND
Source of injury
WATER
Nature of injury
SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected
BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience
4 years
Experience at this mine
4 years
Experience in this job
4 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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