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Case study · MSHA Record #219850030016

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality

April 13, 1984 at 11:00 AM
Berkshire Sand & Stone Company Incorpora · Berkshire Sand & Stone Company Inc · Morris County, NJ
Investigator narrative
WALKING BACK FROM JOCIALIZING WITH ANOTHER TRUCK DRIVER WAITING TO BE SLOW IN STOCKPILE DREW.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Walking, Running
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
LEG, NEC
Total mining experience
25 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
25 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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