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Case study · MSHA Record #220103070032
Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality
October 20, 2010 at 10:00 PM
Simpson
· Oil-Dri Georgia LLC
· Thomas County, GA
Investigator narrative
An over-the-road truck driver (not a miner, nor an employee) was pinned against a loading dock by a shuttle trailor that was backing up to the dock.
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
- NONPOWRD VECH-DOLI,WHLBRW
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- HIPS (PELVIS/ORGANS/KIDNEYS/BUTTOCKS)
- Total mining experience
- 41 years
- Experience at this mine
- 2 years
- Experience in this job
- 41 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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