Fatality · MSHA Record #220163640001
Washer Operator
December 19, 2016
at 4:52 AM
Operator:
Atlanta Sand and Supply Co Inc
(Curt B Jamison)
Crawford County, GA
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Type
Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Investigator narrative
Wash plant operator was operating a front-end loader during the overnight shift as normal. EE exited the loader and entered the hopper filled with sand the EE had just dumped. EE was fatally injured when they were engulfed in the sand, as it vibrated to the bottom of the hopper. EE may have entered the hopper to try to retrieve two pieces of metal inadvertently dumped into hopper.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Enter/Work In Bins, Silos
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Underground location
- NO VALUE FOUND
- Mining method
- NO VALUE FOUND
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
- Source of injury
- SAND,GRAVEL,SHELL
- Nature of injury
- SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
- Body part affected
- BODY SYSTEMS
- Total mining experience
- 6 years
- Experience at this mine
- 6 years
- Experience in this job
- 5 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220163640001 · Mine ID 0900264
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