Metal and Nonmetal Mine Safety and Health Report of Investigation: Surface Nonmetal Mine (Cement), Fatal Fall of Person Accident, May 18, 2015, Buzzi Unicem USA, Lone Star Quarry and Mill, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. Mine ID No. 23-00134.

摘要

Gary Blackburn, Chemical Reclamation Services LLC, age 59, died May 29, 2015, after suffering a stroke and fall at the mine on May 18, 2015. On the day of the accident Blackburn, was delivering alternate fuel to the mine site. Upon arriving at the mine, he backed his truck in to Bay #5 at the Alternate Fuels area. Blackburn then exited his truck and opened the rear doors of the van trailer. Blackburn walked back to the cab of his truck and proceeded to climb the steps to re-enter the cab when he suddenly fell backwards onto the ground from the second step, striking the back of his head on the ground. The autopsy revealed that Blackburn died of intracranial hemorrhage with herniation.