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Case study · MSHA Record #220180040018
Laborer fatality
December 30, 2017 at 9:20 AM
Permanente Cement Plant & Quarry
· Lehigh Southwest Cement Co.
· Santa Clara County, CA
Investigator narrative
A fatal accident occurred on December 30, 2017. The employee was driving a Dodge pick-up in a stockpile area and pulled in behind a Caterpillar 992G loader. As the loader reversed, it struck the pick-up which then caught fire. The resulting injuries were fatal.
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Contact with hot objects or substances
- Activity at time
- Utility Truck, Water Trucks
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Underground location
- NO VALUE FOUND
- Mining method
- NO VALUE FOUND
- Source of injury
- FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,NEC
- Nature of injury
- BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 12 years
- Experience at this mine
- 12 years
- Experience in this job
- 10 years
- Mine type
- Facility
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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