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Case study · MSHA Record #219852310002

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

August 12, 1985 at 9:30 AM
No 1 Mine · Lee Ann Coal Company Inc · Greenbrier County, WV
Investigator narrative
AN INDEPENDENT TRUCK DRIVER COMING DOWN GRADE TRIED TO SHIFT TO LOWER GEAR AND MISSED TRUCKER THEN JUMPED FROM HIS CAB AND WAS RUN OVER
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck by powered moving object
Activity at time
Haulage Or Dump Truck
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)
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Coal
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