Truck Driver fatality

October 31, 2000 at 9:50 AM

Martin Marietta - Woodville Lime & Stone · Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialties · Sandusky County, OH

Investigator narrative

DRIVER HAD JUST SCALED OUT HIS LOAD & PULLED AHEAD OF THE SCALE APPROX 117' ALONG THE ROADWAY EAST OF THE PACKHOUSE BLDG. ANOTHER TRUCK FOLLOWED BEHIND HIM ONTO THE SCALE. HE STATED HE SAW DEC EASED PULL HIS RIG OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY ON A SLIGHT INCLINE. DECEASED WAS OUT OF HIS TRUCK AT THE REAR LOOKING INTO THE RAISED BED OF UNTARPED MATERIAL. TRAILER WENT OVER.

Record details

Classification: POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time: Haulage Or Dump Truck
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury: HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Total mining experience: 20 years
Experience at this mine: 20 years
Experience in this job: 20 years
Mine type: Surface
Sector: Metal/Nonmetal

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