March 7, 1983
KY · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Grayson County Stone Company · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING FROM MINE IN A LOADED R-35 LOADED EUCLID HAUL TRUCK. APPARENT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO LOOSE CONTROL. TRUCK VEERED BACK INTO MINE WALL, OVERTURNED THRO WING EMPLOYEE CLEAR. AFTER FINAL EXAMINATION, THE U-JOINT AND DRIVE SHAFT OF EUCLID HAD FAILED TO FUNCTION AND CAUSED ACCDIENT.