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

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August 17, 1990 at 2:33 PM

Gibbons Creek Lignite Mine · Navasota Mining Company Inc · Grimes County, TX

Investigator narrative

THE DRIVER OF #375 HAUL TRUCK WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN THE TRUCK SHE WAS OPERATING COLLIDED HEAD ON WITH #371 HAUL TRUCK APPROXIMATELY 1/5 MILE FROM THE TRUCK DUMP. THE DRIVER OF #371 WAS AP PROACHING THE TRUCK DUMP WITH A FULL LOAD COAL AND MAKING A LANE CHANGE. THE DRIVER OF #375 DID NOT MAKE THE LANE CHANGE IN THE DESIGNATED LOCATION AND THE TRUCKS COLLIDED. THE DRIVER OF #375

Record details

Classification: POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type: Struck against a moving object
Activity at time: Haulage Or Dump Truck
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury: HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part affected: SKULL
Total mining experience: 6 years
Experience at this mine: 6 years
Experience in this job: 5 years
Mine type: Surface
Sector: Coal

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