Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at Charm Strip (Holmes Limestone Co.), OH, March 16, 1990

at 2:15 PM

On March 16, 1990, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Charm Strip (Holmes Limestone Co.), OH.

Charm Strip · Surface · Coal

Operator: Holmes Limestone Co. (Holmes Limestone)

Contractor on site: FDK

Holmes County, OH

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

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

Investigator narrative

CONTRACTOR HAULING SHALE/FILL FROM MINE TO COMMERCIAL BUILDING SITE. OPERATOR PARKED TRUCK AND ENGAGED PARKING BRAKE AND AIR AXLE. OPERATOR EXITED TRUCK, GOT ONTO 988B LOADER FILLED HIS BUCK ET, BACKED UP AND APPARENTLY SAW TRUCK STARTING TO MOVE. HE STOPPED THE LOADER, WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OF LOADER WHEN TRUCK CRUSHED HIM BETWEEN LOADER AND TRUCK.

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: 0 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 10 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219900870003 · Mine ID 3301362 Trainer view →