Metal and Nonmetal Mine Safety and Health Report of Investigation Surface Nonmetal Mine (Construction Sand and Gravel) Fatal Falling Material Accident, April 11, 2012, GS Materials Inc., Lemon Springs, Lemon Springs, Harnett County, North Carolina. Mine I

摘要

On April 11, 2012, James T. McNeill, Equipment Operator, age 48, was injured when the counterweight from an excavator fell and struck him. McNeill and Randy White, Plant Manager, were removing bolts from the counterweight in preparation to move the excavator to another mine site. Following the removal of the last of six bolts, the counterweight dropped to the ground. The victim was hospitalized and died on April 12, 2012, as a result of his injuries.