Fatality · MSHA Record #219850940001

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at Pine Mountain (Indusmin Inc), NC, February 24, 1985

at 12:06 PM

On February 24, 1985, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Pine Mountain (Indusmin Inc), NC.

Pine Mountain · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Indusmin Inc (Claude Greene)

Contractor on site: C5B

Mitchell County, NC

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Fall from machine

Investigator narrative

DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK WHILE CHANGING GEAR. HE THEN JUMPED FROM THE TRUCK STRIKING HIS HEAD OVER A ROCK CAUSING THE FATAL INJURY ACCORDING TO THE ONLY WITNESS.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Escaping A Hazard
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Fall from machine
Source of injury: BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part affected: SKULL
Total mining experience: 5 years
Experience at this mine: 2 years
Experience in this job: 5 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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