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Case study · MSHA Record #219960400001

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

October 9, 1995 at 11:00 PM
White Mesa Mill · Energy Fuels Nuclear Inc · San Juan County, UT
Investigator narrative
DRIVER HAD EMPTIED TRANSFER AND WAS APPARENTLY ON PROCESS OF DISCONNECTING TRACTOR FROM DUMPSTER. THAT WAS ON A SLIGHT GRADE AND UPON DISCONNECTION DUMPSTER STARTED TO ROLL. DRIVER RAN AFTER D UMPSTER AND GOT IN FRONT STABITEZER WHEEL WHICH RAN OVER HIM THERE WERE NO WITNESS.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Walking, Running
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury
HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience
20 years
Experience at this mine
10 years
Experience in this job
15 years
Mine type
Facility
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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