Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at No 1 Strip (South Fork Energy Company), VA, December 20, 1989

at 12:05 PM

On December 20, 1989, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at No 1 Strip (South Fork Energy Company), VA.

No 1 Strip · Surface · Coal

Operator: South Fork Energy Company (Amvest Corporation)

Contractor on site: EIR

Wise County, VA

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Investigator narrative

THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS FATALLY INJURED DURING A MECHANICAL FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE DRIVE LINE. FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, THE DRIVER EXITED THE DRIVER'S COMPARTMENT AND BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL OF THE MOVING VEHICLE AS THE VEHICLE DESCENDED BACKWARDS DOWN AN ELEVEN PERCENT GRADE.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Getting On Or Off Equipment
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 15 years
Experience at this mine: 5 years
Experience in this job: 5 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219900030001 · Mine ID 4406329 Trainer view →