Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #219950620002

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

February 24, 1995 at 8:30 AM
Sonoma Rock Company · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal
Contractor on site: ZZZ
Sonoma County, CA
Classification FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Type Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Investigator narrative
AN EE OF PIPELINE EXCAVATING CO OF SANTA ROSA, CA WAS OFF LOADING THE OVER LOADED PORTION OF AGGREGATE BASE MATERIAL AT THE SONOMA ROCK QUARRY. THE TRUCK HAD BEEN LOADED JUST A FEW MIN EARLIER BY A QUARRY EE, EE WIGH MASTER. THE DRIVER DROVHIS TRUCK NEXT TO THE STOCKPILE HAD HAD JUST LOADED FROM GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK, RAISED THE FRONT BOX OF THE TRUCK AND WAS APPARENTLY TRYING TO RE
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Hand Load, Hand Shoveling
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type
Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Source of injury
SAND,GRAVEL,SHELL
Nature of injury
SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected
BODY SYSTEMS
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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