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Case study · MSHA Record #220003250024

Truck Driver fatality

November 6, 2000 at 4:10 PM
Oconee Rock Quarry · Oconee County · Oconee County, SC
Investigator narrative
INJ CONTRACTOR WAS ON THE GROUND, OUTSIDE HIS VEHICLE JUST AFTER HIS TRUCK WAS LOADED. JUST BESIDE THE VICTIM'S TRK ANOTHER CONTRACTOR BEGANBACKING UP TO BE LOADED. THE MOVING VEHICLE WASN OT EQUIPPED WITH AN OPERABLE BACK-UP ALARM. THE DRIVER STATED THAT HE HAD SEEN VICTIM OUTSIDE HIS TRK ON THE BACK LOOKING AT THE ROAD, BUT DID NOT SEE HIM ON THE GROUND. HE SAID HE FELT A BUMP
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Idle
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
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
35 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
35 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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