Accident type, without injuries
Man loading dump truck from stockpile. Did not set parking brake or chock tires. Truck rolled down hill 300 ft and over 10' embankment.
Cash Hollow/BoweryMetal/Nonmetal
General Shale Brick, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Wienerberger AG
Johnson City, Washington County, TN · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4000189
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2000–2008
- Latest incident
- Jul 2008
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2008 · 1 incident
2000 · 1 incident
Struck against a moving object
COMING OFF HILL LOADED WITH SHALE, TRUCK SLID ON PATCH OF PACKED SNOW CAUSING TRUCK TO SLIDE INTO BANK. EE WAS TRYING TO CORRECT SLIDE WHEN HIT BANK CAUSING STRAIN TO RIGHT SHOULDER.