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Case study · MSHA Record #220140700017
Maintenance Man fatality
February 27, 2014 at 4:25 PM
AMES MINE
· Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
· Story County, IA
Investigator narrative
Emp a contract worker repairing a Scaler in Mod 12. The emp had fallen to the ground in fetal position, locked arms, clenched fist and bleeding from the ears. The witness did not know if the emp fell from a height or ground level. The injured emp was airlifted. He was lacking oxygen to brain for 10 minutes. He was pronounced dead at 9:45AM on Feb 28.
Record details
- Classification
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- Accident type
- Fall from machine
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
- Mining method
- Continuous Mining
- Source of injury
- MINE FLOOR,BOTTOM,FOOTWAL
- Nature of injury
- CEREBRAL HEMORAGE-NT CCUS
- Body part affected
- BRAIN
- Total mining experience
- 1 year
- Experience at this mine
- 1 year
- Experience in this job
- 3 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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