Fatality · MSHA Record #219970700018

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at RIDGEWAY MINE (Kennecott Ridgeway Mining Company), SC, February 20, 1997

at 7:20 AM

On February 20, 1997, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at RIDGEWAY MINE (Kennecott Ridgeway Mining Company), SC.

RIDGEWAY MINE · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Kennecott Ridgeway Mining Company (Rio Tinto Group)

Contractor on site: V8N

Fairfield County, SC

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Investigator narrative

ACCORDING TO WITNESS, EE WHO WAS ALSO OPERATING A HT 10(35 TON HAUL TRUCK), HE PULLED HIS TRUCK ALONG SIDE ANOTHER 35 TON HAUL TRUCK (HT15) TOGIVE IT A JUMP START BATTERY TO BATTERY. AFTER ST ARTING THE HT1 HE WENT TO THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK TO GET THE UMPR CABLES FROM EE WHO WAS MANNING HT15. HE PROCEEDED DOWN TO THE TOOL TRUCK TO PUT THE CABLES AWAY AND ON HIS RETURN NOTICED HT 1

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Inspect Equipment Or Mine
Subunit / location: OTHER MINING
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Total mining experience: 0 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219970700018 · Mine ID 3800626 Trainer view →