Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver, Transportation Truck Driver fatality

December 12, 2007 at 6:10 AM

Gentry Mountain Mine Surface · C.W. Mining Co. · Emery County, UT

Investigator narrative

A truck got stuck. The loader backed up to the truck to pull it out. The loader operator and the truck operator both got out to hook the chain up. The loader rolled back and crushed the truck operator between the truck and loader. THIS PERSON IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE OF OURS, WE DO NOT HAVE HIS INFORMATION. The loader impacted the loader operator in the back, he moved out of the way.

Record details

Classification: POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time: Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Total mining experience: 0.69 years
Experience at this mine: 0.69 years
Experience in this job: 0.69 years
Mine type: Facility
Sector: Coal

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