Fatality · MSHA Record #219862520008

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at Mountaintop Restoration #2 (Mountaintop Restoration Inc), KY, August 9, 1986

at 12:30 PM

On August 9, 1986, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Mountaintop Restoration #2 (Mountaintop Restoration Inc), KY.

Mountaintop Restoration #2 · Surface · Coal

Operator: Mountaintop Restoration Inc (B W McDonald)

Martin County, KY

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Fall from machine

Investigator narrative

MOVING FUEL TRU7K FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER AT AUGER MINE SITE.FOR UNKNOWN REASON HE MADE WRONG TURN AND TRUCK ROLLED OVER STEEP EMBANKMENT APPARENTLY THROWING HIM OUT OF TRUCK RESULTING IN HIS DEATH. 3

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Utility Truck, Water Trucks
Subunit / location: AUGER
Accident type: Fall from machine
Source of injury: GROUND
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 7 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 7 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Same year

December 23, 1986 · Welder (Shop) · Luminant Mining Company LLC, TX
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219862520008 · Mine ID 1515684 Trainer view →