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Case study · MSHA Record #220121880001

Miner fatality

June 21, 2012 at 11:21 AM
Kinsella Quarry & Mill · T. H. Kinsella, Inc. · Onondaga County, NY
Investigator narrative
Customer was driving loaded dump truck down a grade when the truck went out of control. He jumped from the cab and was run over by the truck. Truck involved in accident was owned by a customer, not a contractor or mine operator.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Escaping A Hazard
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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