Fatality · MSHA Record #219892120001

Mine Manager fatality at CAPRICE QUARRY (Peppers Granite Company Inc), GA, May 24, 1989

at 12:15 PM

On May 24, 1989, a mine manager was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at CAPRICE QUARRY (Peppers Granite Company Inc), GA.

CAPRICE QUARRY · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Peppers Granite Company Inc (Kirk Peppers)

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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