Fatality · MSHA Record #220091000018
Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at Burton Bend Mine (Reed Minerals Inc), AL, April 2, 2009
at 7:45 AM
On April 2, 2009, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Burton Bend Mine (Reed Minerals Inc), AL.
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Type
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Investigator narrative
Employee was standing on the left side catwalk of a 777F rock truck, near the rear of the cab, when the dump bed came down, crushing him between the bed and the catwalk handrail.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Inspect Equipment Or Mine
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
- Source of injury
- HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
- Total mining experience
- 1 year
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 0 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220091000018 · Mine ID 0103376
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