Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver

September 16, 1988 at 3:00 PM

Surface No 1 · Surface · Coal

Operator: Little Fork Resources & Development Corp (Flaugher Garland M)

Contractor on site: AUJ

Logan County, WV

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

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

Investigator narrative

IT WAS A CLOUDY DAY, IT HAD JUST RAINED EARLIER. THE COAL TRUCK ABOVE WAS APPROX. THE 3RD COAL TRUCK TO LEAVE THE HILL SINCE THE RAIN. THE DRIVER HAD STATED ON THE C.B. THAT IT WAS SLICK COMIN G OFF THE HILL THAT WAS THE LAST CONTACT WITH DRIVER BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, THAT CAUSED DEATH.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Escaping A Hazard
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: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 5 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219882730002 · Mine ID 4607310 Trainer view →