Fatality · MSHA Record #219971060001

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at Lincoln Portable (Roark Creek Quarry Company), MO, April 9, 1997

at 10:40 AM

On April 9, 1997, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Lincoln Portable (Roark Creek Quarry Company), MO.

Lincoln Portable · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Roark Creek Quarry Company (Terry W Wilson)

Morgan County, MO

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Investigator narrative

DRIVER BACKED UNDER BIN. STARTED BELT. THEN GOT SAMPLE PAN FROM STATE INSPECTOR AND JUMPED UP IN BIN WITH BELT ON.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Enter/Work In Bins, Silos
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Source of injury: MINERAL ITEMS,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part affected: NECK
Total mining experience: 0 years
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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