Fatality · MSHA Record #219872880060
Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at Morning Star Mine (Vanderbilt Gold Corp), CA, September 4, 1987
at 7:15 AM
On September 4, 1987, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Morning Star Mine (Vanderbilt Gold Corp), CA.
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Type
Struck against a moving object
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Investigator narrative
OUR NORMAL ROUT3NE WAS TO HAUL GRAVEL IN MORINGS & ORE TO CRUSHER IN AFTERNOON. LANES IN ROAD PREVENTED HAULING OF GRAVEL. SO WENT TO ORE DUMP TO HAUL ORE, SEING NO BERM & VERTICAL BANK CAUS BY LOADER REMOV3NG DURING NITE. WENT AND TOLD DRIVERS OF CHANGE THAT THERE WAS NO BERM OUT IN FRONT WOULD GET CAT TO PUCH OVER . MR CARLSON DID NOT FOLLOW ORDERS AND BACK HIS TRK 200 FT STRAI
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Haulage Or Dump Truck
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Accident type
- Struck against a moving object
- Source of injury
- HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- HEAD,NEC
- Total mining experience
- 2 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 1 year
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219872880060 · Mine ID 0404791
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