Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at Gatliff # 1 (Gatliff Coal Company Inc), KY, August 1, 1989

at 3:20 AM

On August 1, 1989, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Gatliff # 1 (Gatliff Coal Company Inc), KY.

Gatliff # 1 · Surface · Coal

Operator: Gatliff Coal Company Inc (TECO Energy Inc)

Whitley County, KY

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Fall from machine

Investigator narrative

FOR UNKNOWN REASONS THE VICTIM'S TRUCK ROLLED APPROX. 75 FEET DOWN AN ELEVATED HAUL ROAD FROM IT'S DUMPING POINT WHERE IT THEN CROSSED THE ROAD BERM AND OVERTURNED DOWN THE APPROX. 55 FOOT HIG H SPOIL SLOPE AND CAME TO REST ON THE HAUL ROAD BELOW. THE VICTIM WHO WAS NOT WEARING SEAT BELTS WAS THROWN FROM THE TRUCK WHEN IT REACHED BOTTOM OF THE SLOPE.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Haulage Or Dump Truck
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Fall from machine
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: 10 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 2 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Same year

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219892200104 · Mine ID 1504322 Trainer view →