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Case study · MSHA Record #219950860001

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

March 17, 1995 at 11:30 AM
Lotawana Quarry · Barber & Sons Aggregate · Jackson County, MO
Investigator narrative
THE VICTIM HAD POSITIONED HIMSELF ON THE GROUND IN AN AREA OF OBSTRUCTED VIEW TO THE DRIVER OF A SECOND TRUCK WHILE WAITING TO BE LOADED. AS THE SECOND DRIVER PULLED AWAY AFTER BEING LOADED, H E NOTICED HIS TAILGATE HAD NOT CLOSED. REALIZINGHIS TRUCK WOULD HAVE TO BE UNLOADED IN ORDER TO CLOSE THE TAILGATE THE SECOND DRIVER BACKED UP TO UNLOAD. WHEN THE TRUCK WAS UNLOADED AND THE T
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Observe Operations
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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