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Case study · MSHA Record #219900870003

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

March 16, 1990 at 2:15 PM
Charm Strip · Holmes Limestone Co. · Holmes County, OH
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
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Getting On Or Off Equipment
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
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
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Coal
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