September 16, 1997
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Mineral Ridge Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
TRUCK DRIVER PARKED HIS TRACTOR TRAILER RIG AT THE SECURITY BLDG. TO RECEIVE SITE SPECIFICE HAZARD TRAINING. RIG WAS LEFT RUNNING & NOT CHOCKED.IT BEGAN TO ROLL AWAY & THE DRIVER CHASED THE RI G TO STOP IT. HE WAS DRAGGED APPROX. 200' BEFORE BEING RUN OVER BY THE LEFT REAR DUAL TIRES. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.