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Case study · MSHA Record #220022540014
Maintenance Man fatality
August 5, 2002 at 10:30 PM
Buffington Plant
· Carmeuse Lime Inc
· Lake County, IN
Investigator narrative
APPARENTLY EE ENTERED THE BAGHOUSE ROOM COMPARTMENT SOMETIME BETWEEN 8/5 @ 6 OR 7 PM AND 8/6 @ 4 AM. THE DOOR APPARENTLY SHUT AND LATCHED WHEN THE EE WAS IN THE ROOM. THE CONDITIONS IN THE ROO M WERE HOT AND DUSTY.
Record details
- Classification
- OTHER
- Accident type
- Unclassified, insufficient data
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
- Underground location
- NO VALUE FOUND
- Mining method
- NO VALUE FOUND
- Source of injury
- MISCELLANEOUS,NEC
- Nature of injury
- UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
- Body part affected
- BODY PARTS, NEC
- Total mining experience
- 27 years
- Experience at this mine
- 27 years
- Experience in this job
- 28 years
- Mine type
- Facility
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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