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

August 19, 1998 at 2:30 PM

Kentucky-West Virginia Strip · Surface · Coal

Operator: Cloverfork Mining & Excavating Inc (Benjamin R. Bennett)

Contractor on site: G4E

Harlan County, KY

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

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

Investigator narrative

VICTIM HAD LEFT THE SURFACE MINE AREA WITH A LOAD OF COAL. HIS TRUCK WAS LATER DISCOVERED OVERTURNED ON THE HAUL ROAD WITH VICTIM UNDERNEATH. ITAPPEARED THAT VICTIM HAD LOST CONTROL OF THE VEH ICLE AND HAD JUMPED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE APPEAREDTO BE HEADED OVER AN EMBANKMENT.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Haulage Or Dump Truck
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary 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: 15 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 15 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219982510001 · Mine ID 1517648 Trainer view →