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Case study · MSHA Record #220061440017
Greaser fatality
May 22, 2006 at 4:00 PM
3M CORONA PLANT
· 3M Company
· Riverside County, CA
Investigator narrative
Employee (EE) climbed over platform guardrail onto raised forklift carrying screens, EE and screens fell from forklift 15 to 17 ft; EE landed on his feet, knees buckled, he collapsed to the ground & apparently one or more screens fell onto employee's body-trunk area abdomen region. Co-worker & injured worker moved screen(s) off of EE & EE scooted himself away from screens.
Record details
- Classification
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- Accident type
- Fall from machine
- Activity at time
- Getting On Or Off Equipment
- Subunit / location
- MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
- Underground location
- NO VALUE FOUND
- Mining method
- NO VALUE FOUND
- Source of injury
- FLOOR,WALKING SURF-NOT UG
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 14 years
- Experience at this mine
- 14 years
- Experience in this job
- 4 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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