Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at Kansas Mine (National Coal of Alabama, Inc), AL, September 3, 2010

Truck haulage accident involving two 100 ton rear dump trucks. It appears the victim did not observe the stopped truck and struck it in the rear.

1. The accident occurred because mine management failed to have a program in place to monitor and supervise employee work activity on a routine basis and to assure that employee work was being conducted in a safe manner. As a result, the operator of the dump truck failed to react and control the truck he was driving to avoid an obstacle in the haul road. Drowsiness from the effects of a prescription narcotic drug the truck driver used, and a change in the work routine and staging location of the trucks, are contributing factors.

   Corrective action: The operator developed and implemented a written program that included:

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

Activity at time of incident

Haulage Or Dump Truck

Subunit / location

STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT

Accident type

Struck against a moving object

Source of injury

HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK

Nature of injury

MULTIPLE INJURIES

Body part affected

MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)

Total mining experience

2 years

Experience at this mine

1 year

Experience in this job

2 years

Degree of injury

FATALITY

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