Fatality · MSHA Record #219913090052
Maintenance Man fatality at Benton County Quarry (Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC), TN, October 31, 1991
at 8:30 AM
On October 31, 1991, a maintenance man was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Benton County Quarry (Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC), TN.
Benton County, TN
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Type
Struck against a moving object
Investigator narrative
AS DRIVER WAS DUMPING HE BACKED OVER HIGH WALL CAUSING MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS AND FATAL HEAD INJURIES.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Haulage Or Dump Truck
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Accident type
- Struck against a moving object
- Source of injury
- HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- HEAD,NEC
- Total mining experience
- 14 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 14 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219913090052 · Mine ID 4000098
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