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Case study · MSHA Record #219891790001

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

June 15, 1989 at 10:00 AM
Beco Pit · Beco Rock & Sand Corp · Miami-Dade County, FL
Investigator narrative
TRUCK DRIVER WAS HAULING MATERIAL FROM THE PIT STOCKPILE TO THE PLANT WHEN APPARENTLY HE BECAME UNCONCIOUS DUE TO AN ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITION, LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND DROVE INT O THE WATER FILLED PIT (LAKE) AND DROWNED.
Record details
Classification
OTHER
Accident type
Drowning
Activity at time
Haulage Or Dump Truck
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
WATER
Nature of injury
SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected
BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience
0 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
0 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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