Fatality · MSHA Record #219952160001

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at HENDERSON OPERATIONS (Climax Molybdenum Company), CO, July 19, 1995

at 10:15 AM

On July 19, 1995, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at HENDERSON OPERATIONS (Climax Molybdenum Company), CO.

HENDERSON OPERATIONS · Underground · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Climax Molybdenum Company (Cyprus Amax Minerals Company)

Contractor on site: ZZZ

Clear Creek County, CO

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Struck by falling object

Investigator narrative

A DELIVERY TRUCK DRIVER WAS FATALLY INJURED WHILE UNLOADING A TRAILER LOAD OF STEEL. THE LOAD SHIFTED AND HE WAS STRUCK BY A FALLING I-BEAM.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Observe Operations
Subunit / location: SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Source of injury: STEEL RAIL (ALL KINDS)
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: HEAD,NEC
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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