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Case study · MSHA Record #219980330001

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

January 19, 1998 at 1:25 PM
South Quarry · Jobe Concrete Products Inc · El Paso County, TX
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSPORTING A LOAD OF ROCK TO THE CRUSHER IN A PIT TRUCK. AS HE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD TO THE CRUSHER HE APPARENTLY LOST CONTROL, VEERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, STRIKING 2 B ERMS APPROX 80' APART. THE EMPLOYEE WAS EJECTED FROM TEH CAB OF THE TRUCK AT POINT OF FINAL IMPACT.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Brush Floor: Remove Rock
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
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
1 year
Experience at this mine
1 year
Experience in this job
25 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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