VICTIM WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON I-75 WHEN FLYING MATERIAL STRUCK THE VECHILE IN WHICH HE WAS A PASSENGER RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES. THE FLYING MATERIAL WAS DIRT OR MUD WHICH WAS DISPELLED FROM A SURFACE MINE WHICH WAS IN THE PROCESS OFBLASTING THIS MATERIAL WAS THROWN APPROX. 240 FT FROM THE BLAST SITE TO THE VECHILE. CHARCEABILITY IS BEING LOOKED INTO.
Sugar Ridge Coal Company Inc operator
Controlled by
Roger E West
MSHA operator ID: P09304
Top causes
- EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS 1 fatality
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 3 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 3 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 2 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 non-fatal
- EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
1993
3 (1f)
1992
3
1991
2
1990
2
1989
3
Mines on record
- Area No 6 TN
Fatalities under this operator
1 recorded
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