Fatality · MSHA Record #219881040001

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at Kennecott-Carr Fork (Kennecott Corp), UT, April 5, 1988

at 6:00 PM

On April 5, 1988, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Kennecott-Carr Fork (Kennecott Corp), UT.

Kennecott-Carr Fork · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Kennecott Corp (British Petroleum Company PLC)

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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