Fatality · MSHA Record #220252580017
Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver, Transportation Truck Driver
September 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Operator: Lynch Corp. (Stephen P Lynch Jr; David C Lynch Sr)
Providence County, RI
ClassificationPOWERED HAULAGE
TypeStruck against a moving object
Investigator narrative
IDS driver was instructed by Lynch to dump employee's load under unsafe conditions. The berm that the Lynch operator constructed was inadequate/non-existent due to the pile being dug into by Lynch from below. This caused the earth to fall away under back tires. End dump rolled down embankment flipping and landing on its roof. Employee was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Haulage Or Dump Truck
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Accident type
- Struck against a moving object
- Source of injury
- HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Total mining experience
- 13.04 years
- Experience at this mine
- 13.04 years
- Experience in this job
- 13.04 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220252580017 · Mine ID 3700070Trainer view →