Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at O-N Minerals - Calcite Operation (Usx Corp), MI, April 3, 1987

at 10:40 PM

On April 3, 1987, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at O-N Minerals - Calcite Operation (Usx Corp), MI.

O-N Minerals - Calcite Operation · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Usx Corp (USX Corp (United States Steel Corp))

Presque Isle County, MI

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Investigator narrative

SEE ATTACHMENT-8ECEASED REPORTED TO WORK..FOR THE 5:30PM TO 1:30AM SHIFT.. FROM PRELIM: DRIVING HAUL TRUCK WHEN IT WENT OUT OF CONTROL.EITHER THROWN OR JUMPED FROM VEHICLE AND WAS RUN OVER BY REAR WHEEL. 3

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Haulage Or Dump Truck
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 18 years
Experience at this mine: 18 years
Experience in this job: 12 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219871030001 · Mine ID 2000062 Trainer view →