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Case study · MSHA Record #219980860057

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

March 12, 1998 at 1:15 PM
Langley Hill Quarry · San Mateo County, CA
Investigator narrative
SELF-EMPLOYED TRUCK DRIVER WAS STANDING A SCALE. I OBSERVED HIM STANDING THEN LOOKED AWAY ABOUT 20 SECS LATER I LOOKED BACK AND HE WAS FACE DOWN LYING ON SCALE. NO SIGNS OF WHAT HAPPENED TO HI M OR WHAT CAUSED HIM TO FALL. LOADER OPERATOR SAID HE APPEARED PALE WHEN HE LOADED HIM EARLIER.
Record details
Classification
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type
Fall from machine
Activity at time
Getting On Or Off Equipment
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
FLOOR,WALKING SURF-NOT UG
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part affected
FACE, MULTIPLE PARTS
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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