Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at Shannon Mine (Rock Mountain Mining-Div/Twin Pines Coal Co., Inc.), AL, September 5, 2009

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On September 5, 2009, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Shannon Mine (Rock Mountain Mining-Div/Twin Pines Coal Co., Inc.), AL.

Shannon Mine · Surface · Coal

Operator: Rock Mountain Mining-Div/Twin Pines Coal Co., Inc. (Five J's LLC)

Tuscaloosa County, AL

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Struck against a moving object

Investigator narrative

Employee had just gotten off work, he was driving out of the mine on the haul road and was trying to pass two other employees and got off the road and hit an old gate post.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Utility Truck, Water Trucks
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Struck against a moving object
Source of injury: PASS CARS,PICKUP TRUCKS
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience: 0 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220092510034 · Mine ID 0103303 Trainer view →