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Case study · MSHA Record #219901560001

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

May 18, 1990 at 10:45 AM
Martin Stone Quarries Inc · Martin Stone Quarries, Inc. · Berks County, PA
Investigator narrative
EMP BACKING THE LOADED TRUCK UP DUMPSITE ROAD TRAVELED THROUGH BERM AND TRIED TO JUMP OUT OF VEHICLE, VEHICLE STARTED TO SLIDE DOWN THE STOCK PILE IT CATAPULTED THE EMP OVER THE VEHICLE TO TH E BOTTOM OF STOCK PILE AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER AND CAME TO REST ON THE EMP
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Escaping A Hazard
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience
1 year
Experience at this mine
1 year
Experience in this job
1 year
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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