Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #219892120001

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May 24, 1989 at 12:15 PM
CAPRICE QUARRY · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal
Oglethorpe County, GA
Classification POWERED HAULAGE
Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
I.NAME HAD WALKED BEHIND HIS TRUCK TO LOOK AT A BLOCK OF GRANITE. THE TRUCK WAS PARKED ON AN INCLINE WHERE IT JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND ROLLED BACK TRAPPING I.NAME BETWEEN THE GRANITE AND THE TRU CK AND RESULTING IN HIS DEATH.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Walking, Running
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury
PASS CARS,PICKUP TRUCKS
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience
40 years
Experience at this mine
15 years
Experience in this job
40 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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