March 17, 1995
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Barber & Sons Aggregate · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
THE VICTIM HAD POSITIONED HIMSELF ON THE GROUND IN AN AREA OF OBSTRUCTED VIEW TO THE DRIVER OF A SECOND TRUCK WHILE WAITING TO BE LOADED. AS THE SECOND DRIVER PULLED AWAY AFTER BEING LOADED, H E NOTICED HIS TAILGATE HAD NOT CLOSED. REALIZINGHIS TRUCK WOULD HAVE TO BE UNLOADED IN ORDER TO CLOSE THE TAILGATE THE SECOND DRIVER BACKED UP TO UNLOAD. WHEN THE TRUCK WAS UNLOADED AND THE T