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FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Fatal · 220121150007 · 04/11/2012 · G S Materials Inc

Details

Degree of injury
FATALITY
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type
Fall to the walkway or working surface
Occupation
Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
FLOOR,WALKING SURF-NOT UG
Nature of injury
CEREBRAL HEMORAGE-NT CCUS
Body part
BRAIN
Days lost
0
Mine experience
8.38 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
R G Kirkpatrick Sr.
Operator
G S Materials Inc
Mine
3101990

Narrative

Miners were removing a counterweight from an excavator, standing side-by-side, when the counter-weight dropped unexpectedly to the ground.The victim stumbled backwards,fell landed on the back of his head on the shop floor. He was unresponsive during CPR. The autopsy report concludes the proximate cause of death as""commotio cerebri""noting also cardiac arrest.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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