Fatality · MSHA Record #219963090015

Maintenance Man fatality at Deserado Mine (Blue Mountain Energy Inc), CO, October 29, 1996

at 12:45 PM

On October 29, 1996, a maintenance man was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Deserado Mine (Blue Mountain Energy Inc), CO.

Deserado Mine · Underground · Coal

Operator: Blue Mountain Energy Inc (Deseret Generation & Transmission Co-operative)

Rio Blanco County, CO

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Struck against a moving object

Investigator narrative

AT APPROX. 1245M ON OCTOBER 29, 1996, EE WAS OPERATING A 50 TON EUCLID HAULAGE TRUCK TRANSPORTING REFUSE FROM THE PREP PLANT TO THE REFUSE PILE. AFTER DUMPING HIS LOAD OF REFUSE MATERIAL THE O PERATOR DIDN'T LOWER THE TRUCK BED. THEREFORE, APPROX. 1.6 MILES FROM THE REFUSE PILE THE TRUCK BED STRUCK THE OVERLAND CONVEYOR BELT XOVER AT THE TRANSFER STATION #1 CAUSING THE FATAL INJURY

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Haulage Or Dump Truck
Subunit / location: SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
Accident type: Struck against a moving object
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: 8 years
Experience at this mine: 8 years
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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