Fatality · MSHA Record #219991030034

Water Truck Operator fatality at Bold Camp Strip (A & G Coal Corp), VA, March 29, 1999

at 3:20 PM

On March 29, 1999, a water truck operator was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Bold Camp Strip (A & G Coal Corp), VA.

Bold Camp Strip · Surface · Coal

Operator: A & G Coal Corp (Jerry W Wharton)

Wise County, VA

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Fall from machine

Investigator narrative

EE WAS OPERATING THE 800 MACK WATER TRUCK COMMING DOWN THE LANE HOLLOW HAUL ROAD. JUST ABOVE POND 002 THE WATER TRUCK RAN THRU THE ROAD BERM, TURNING OVER THE EMBANKMENT. THE EE WAS THROWN FRO M THE TRUCK. THIS RESULTED IN HIS DEATH.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Utility Truck, Water Trucks
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Fall from machine
Source of injury: GROUND
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
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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