Mining Incidents
Trainer view Print or save as PDF from your browser (⌘P / Ctrl+P).
← Standard view
Case study · MSHA Record #219932740001

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

August 20, 1993 at 6:30 AM
CCR Sand & Gravel LLC · Seville Sand & Gravel Inc · Medina County, OH
Investigator narrative
THE VICTIM A TRUCK DRIVER HAD BACKED HIS TRUCK UP TO THE GRIZZLY AT THE PLANT SITE AND DUMPED HIS LOAD.HE RAISED THE HYDRAULICALLY OPERATED GRIZZLY UP TO DUMP OFF THE OVERSIZE AND THEN WALKED OUT ONTO THE MATERIAL.THE MATERIAL COLLAPSED AND SUFFOCATED HIM.
Record details
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type
Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
Activity at time
Walking, Running
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
SAND,GRAVEL,SHELL
Nature of injury
SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected
BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience
6 years
Experience at this mine
6 years
Experience in this job
6 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
Similar incidents in MSHA records · same classification: FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
  • March 3, 2026 · North American Silica Sand, LLC · TX · Cement Worker

    A contractor died after a concrete retaining wall collapsed into the excavated trench below crushing EE.

  • March 3, 2026 · North American Silica Sand, LLC · TX · Cement Worker

    Unsure of what conditions contributed to the death

  • January 19, 2026 · Vermont Quarries Corp. · VT · Ledgeman/Hand

    Nobody saw the accident and we have not been able to interview the EE