Fatality · MSHA Record #219883060001

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at Portable Crusher #2 (L & W Construction Company), IA, October 24, 1988

at 9:45 AM

On October 24, 1988, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Portable Crusher #2 (L & W Construction Company), IA.

Portable Crusher #2 · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: L & W Construction Company (Darrell (Skip) Bailey)

Appanoose County, IA

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

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

Investigator narrative

CAT LOADER WAS CLEANING UP IN PIT CAT TRUCK PULLED BEHIND LOADER LOADER BACKED INTO FRONT END OF TRUCK CRUSHING DRIVER OF TRUCK BETWEEN LOADER AND TRUCK ON LADDER AS HE WAS DESCENDING LADDERWA Y

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Getting On Or Off Equipment
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Total mining experience: 16 years
Experience at this mine: 16 years
Experience in this job: 6 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219883060001 · Mine ID 1302138 Trainer view →