Mining Incidents
Trainer view Print or save as PDF from your browser (⌘P / Ctrl+P).
← Standard view
Case study · MSHA Record #219952190001

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

July 27, 1995 at 10:00 AM
Belle Ayr Mine · Amax Coal West Inc · Campbell County, WY
Investigator narrative
CONTRACTOR TRUCK DRIVER DELIVERED A LOAD OF BLACK "POLY" PIPE TO THE MINE SITE. UPON ARRIVING AT THE UNLOADING YARD HE DISCUSSED THE UNLOADING PROCEDURE WITH THE CONTRACTOR FORKLIFT OPERATOR. THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR STARTED POSITIONING THE FORKLIFT TO UNLOAD AND THE TRUCK DRIVER WALKED AROUND TO THE BACKSIDE OF THE TRUCK. AS THE FORKLIFT STARTED IN, 2 BUNDLES FELL, 1 ON TRUCK DRIVER.
Record details
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Activity at time
Observe Operations
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
RBR,GLS,PLSTC,FIBRGLS,FAB
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Experience in this job
30 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Coal
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