Truck Driver fatality at Black Butte And Leucite Hills Mines (Black Butte Coal Company), WY, July 29, 2000

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On July 29, 2000, a truck driver was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Black Butte And Leucite Hills Mines (Black Butte Coal Company), WY.

Black Butte And Leucite Hills Mines · Surface · Coal

Operator: Black Butte Coal Company (Ambre Energy Limited; Anadarko Petroleum Corporation)

Sweetwater County, WY

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Struck against stationary object

Investigator narrative

EE CRESTED PIT 10-RAMP 2 DIVIDE, HEADING SOUTH DOWN-GRADE TO THE COAL PLANT. WHEN FOR NO APPARENT REASON, THE TRUCK VEERED SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFTAT AT THE RAMP JUNCTION. THE TRUCK RAN THRU THE BERM, ABOVE THE OLD PIT 10 READY LINE, WHERE THEOPERATOR WAS EJECTED FROM THE TRUCK

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Haulage Or Dump Truck
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Struck against stationary object
Source of injury: GROUND
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience: 9 years
Experience at this mine: 9 years
Experience in this job: 7 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220002160001 · Mine ID 4801180 Trainer view →