January 16, 1991
MT · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Spring Creek Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE LOWERING PORTABLE WHEEL MOUNTED WATER PUMP IN NO 2 DRAGLINE PIT INJ WORKING NEAR EDGE OF HIGHWALL SLIPPED AND FELL TO BOTTOM ABOUT 160 FT. WATER PUMP USING 3 WIRE ROPES ATTACHED TO FR ONT END LOADER AND 2 SCRAPERS PUMP BEEN LOWEREDNEARLY TO BOTTOM OF PIT WHEN ACCIDENT OCC