Truck Driver fatality

July 29, 2000 at 9:00 PM

Black Butte And Leucite Hills Mines · Black Butte Coal Company · Sweetwater County, WY

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

Classification: POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type: Struck against stationary object
Activity at time: Haulage Or Dump Truck
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury: GROUND
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Total mining experience: 9.53 years
Experience at this mine: 9.53 years
Experience in this job: 7 years
Mine type: Surface
Sector: Coal

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