Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #219881040001

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

April 5, 1988 at 6:00 PM
Kennecott-Carr Fork · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal
Contractor on site: EP5
Tooele County, UT
Classification POWERED HAULAGE
Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
THE TRUCK AND TRAILER WAS LEFT UNATTENED ON DOWN HILL GRADE WITH TRAILER THE EMPLOYEE WAS RUN OVER BY TRUCK AND FIRST TRAILER WHEN HE RAN ALONG DRIVERS SIDE TRYING TO CATCH VECHICLE HE SLIPPED UNDER TRUCK DRIVE THREE AND WAS RUN OVER VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER TRUCK AND TRAILER THAT WAS PARKED LEAQUE.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Walking, Running
Subunit / location
SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
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)
Experience at this mine
1 year
Experience in this job
15 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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