Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at Star Bridge Preparation Plant-Rail Load (Carter Roag Coal Company), WV, August 11, 2021

Driver was at parked truck (#5 lot) to start pre-shift inspection. Truck started to move. Driver fell under the truck and truck ran over driver's legs from about the knee area down.

On August 11, 2021, at approximately 5:00 a.m., Timothy Collins, a 53 year-old contract truck driver with ten years and eight months of truck driving experience, died from injuries he sustained after a haul truck rolled over him. The accident occurred because the contractor did not: 1) assure truck drivers blocked trucks when parked on a grade, and 2) maintain the truck’s braking system in safe operating condition.

1. The contractor did not assure truck drivers blocked trucks when parked on a grade.

   Corrective action: The contractor developed written procedures for daily brake examinations and daily testing for its trucks on the haul road. As an additional precaution, the mine operator developed written procedures for daily brake examinations, and daily testing for trucks on the haul road by all contract trucking companies on its property. The mine operator trained all truck drivers on the new procedures.

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Findings from MSHA's final investigation report, which supersedes the preliminary narrative above.

Activity at time of incident

Inspect Equipment Or Mine

Subunit / location

MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT

Accident type

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Source of injury

HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK

Nature of injury

CRUSHING

Body part affected

LEG, MULTIPLE PARTS

Total mining experience

2 years

Experience at this mine

2 years

Experience in this job

2 years

Degree of injury

FATALITY

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