April 12, 1985
VA · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Tiger Eye Mining Corp · Struck by falling object
TRUCK DIVER ARRIVED EARLY AT THE PIT TO BE LOADED AND NO ENDLOADER OPERATOR WAS ON THE JOB TO LOAD HIM. HE PULLED HIS TRUCK IN THE PIT WITH THE DRIVERS DOOR CLOSE TO THE HIGHWALL AND GOT OUT N EXT TO THE HIGHWALL AND A ROCK FELL OFF THE WALL HITTING THE DRIVER ON THE L UPPER ARM, THIS RESULTED IN BROKEN UPPER LEFT ARM OF DRIVER