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March 13, 1995 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Marquise Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS BACKING INTO DUMP MATERIAL OFF THE CAT 773 TRUCK. WHEN BACKING UP TO BERMED AREA,APPARENTLY OPERATOR MISJUDGED DISTANCE BACKING OVER BERM CAUSING TRUCK TO ROLL AND FLIP,CAUSING OP ERATOR TO BE THROWN FROM CAB. REASON WHY TRUCK AND OPERATOR WENT OVER OR THROUGH BERM IS UNKNOWN.NO ONE OBSERVED TRUCK FROM DUMP AREA.

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