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Case study · MSHA Record #220152100032

Maintenance Man fatality

June 12, 2015 at 7:30 AM
LOUDON QUARRY · Fillmore Industries Inc · Merrimack County, NH
Investigator narrative
Technician found unconscious and transported to hospital where he died the following day. He had reported bumping his head earlier that same day but never filed an injury report.
Record details
Classification
STRIKING OR BUMPING
Accident type
Struck against stationary object
Activity at time
Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Underground location
NO VALUE FOUND
Mining method
NO VALUE FOUND
Source of injury
MISCELLANEOUS,NEC
Nature of injury
CONCUSSION-BRAIN,CEREBRAL
Body part affected
BRAIN
Total mining experience
42 years
Experience at this mine
20 years
Experience in this job
42 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal