Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at Choctaw Mine (Taft Coal Sales & Associates Incorporated), AL, December 14, 2012

Employee was climbing up ladder onto Rock Truck when his feet slipped out from under him causing him to fall to the ground.*** Note added Employee died 12/28/12 from complications related to this injury per fatal ruling/notification on 6/27/13 from MSHA.

1. The victim slipped and fell to the ground while ascending the truck’s access ladder.

   Corrective action: The operator developed and implemented a program of “Best Practices” to train equipment operators in safe access and maintaining “Three Points of Contact” when mounting or dismounting mobile equipment. All equipment operators were trained in these Best Practices.

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

Activity at time of incident

Getting On Or Off Equipment

Subunit / location

STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT

Accident type

Fall from machine

Source of injury

GROUND

Nature of injury

FRACTURE,CHIP

Body part affected

LOWER EXTREMITIES, MULTIPLE PARTS

Total mining experience

10 years

Experience at this mine

10 years

Experience in this job

10 years

Degree of injury

FATALITY

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