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SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Fatal · 220052660015 · 09/15/2005 · Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP

Details

Degree of injury
FATALITY
Classification
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type
Fall from machine
Occupation
Welder (shop)
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
FLOOR,WALKING SURF-NOT UG
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost
0
Mine experience
7.69 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Eagle Materials Inc & Heidelberger Zement Ag
Operator
Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP
Mine
4102781

Narrative

Employee fell to concrete floor at base of preheater - apparently from the second level where he had been performing work. Death was apparently immediate. There were no witnesses to the accident and it is not known how the employee fell or whether he tried to access his work from the safety handrail along the catwalk.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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