May 3, 1990
WV · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Five Brothers Construction Company Inc · Fall from machine
THE ACCIDENT VICTIM, A CONTRACTOR EMPLOYED BY DULANEY OIL COMPANY, DENTS RUN BLVD, WESTOVER, WV, HAD COMPLETED THE UNLOADING OF DIESEL FUEL. THE DRIVER STEPPED INTO HIS TRUCK AND ACCIDENTLY RE LEASED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. DUE TO THE FACT THE TRUCK WAS IN NEUTRAL AND PARKED ON A GRADE, THE TRUCK PROCEEDED TO ROLL BACKWARDS. THE OPERATOR JUMPED FROM THE TRUCK WHEN IT STARTED TO ROLL B