Fatality · MSHA Record #219892970044

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at Rensselaer Stone Company (Rensselaer Stone Company Inc), IN, October 18, 1989

at 2:05 PM

On October 18, 1989, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Rensselaer Stone Company (Rensselaer Stone Company Inc), IN.

Rensselaer Stone Company · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Rensselaer Stone Company Inc (Critser Gus)

Jasper County, IN

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Struck by powered moving object

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Investigator narrative

THE TRUCK RAN OUT OF FUEL ON THE INCLINE.I THINK THE DRIVER PUT THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL AND TRIED TO RE-START THE TRUCK,THEN GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND THE TRUCK ROLLED DOWN THE INCLINE AND HIT THE EMBANKMENT AND THE DRIVER GOT UNDER THE TRUCK TO SEE WHAT DAMAGE HAD BEEN DONE AND THEN THE TRUCK ROLLED OFF THE EMBANKMENT AND ROLLED OVER THE DRIVER.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Walking, Running
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Struck by powered moving object
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: 4 years
Experience at this mine: 25 years
Experience in this job: 4 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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