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Case study · MSHA Record #220133440012
Outside Foreman fatality
December 4, 2013 at 2:45 PM
Kansas Falls Quarry
· Bayer Construction Company, Inc.
· Geary County, KS
Investigator narrative
Individual was hit by fly rock while setting off a shot.
Record details
- Classification
- EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
- Accident type
- Struck by flying object
- Activity at time
- Blasting, Shoot Coal
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Underground location
- NO VALUE FOUND
- Mining method
- NO VALUE FOUND
- Source of injury
- BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
- Total mining experience
- 11 years
- Experience at this mine
- 7 years
- Experience in this job
- 5 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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