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Case study · MSHA Record #220020930001

Truck Driver fatality

March 29, 2002 at 9:30 AM
Elba Pit · Tri-County Sand & Gravel Inc · Howard County, NE
Investigator narrative
ONE EMPLOYEE INSIDE CAB OF TRUCK, ONE EMPLOYEE UNDER TRUCK TRYING TO TROUBLE-SHOOT PROBLEM WITH THE PTO CABLE. BED RAISED INADVERTENTLY AND VICTIM PLACED HIMSELF BETWEEN THE TRUCK BED AND FRA ME TO WATCH EMPLOYEE UNDER THE TRUCK BED. BED INADVERTENTLY LOWERED ON THE VICTIM. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL AND PASSED AWAY SEVERAL HOURS LATER.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location
DREDGE
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
1 year
Experience at this mine
1 year
Experience in this job
1 year
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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