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AN ON GOING CO INVESTIGATION IS BEING CONDUCTED TO IDENTIFY THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE ACCIDENT PRELIMINARY FINDINGS INDICATE THAT THE ACCIDENT RESULT FROM A SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED RELEASE OF SLURRED MATERIAL FROM THE TUBE 60 INCH 300 FT BORHOLE INTO THE CHUTE AND BIN BELOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATIEN WINCH, LOWERING 15' LONG, 54" DIA. PIPE IN EXCAVATED SURFACE HOLE WHEN CASING JERKED, CAUSING WELD HOLDING CHAIN ONTO PIPE TO FAIL. PIPE FELL AND CRUSHED I.NAME.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING ON 004 SECTION 4 LEFT CROSS CUT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK MEASURING 4'9" X 8'2" X 0-6" THICK FELL INBY LAST ROW OF BOLTS BREAKING BACK INTO LAST ROW OF BOLTS 10" STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF HEAD CAUSING FATAL INJURY DUE TO MASSIVE HEAD INJURY.
EMPL WAS CHECKING ON A SHIELD THAT WAS HUNG WHILE AT THE SHIELD THE EMPL FOR UNKNOWN REASON PLACED HE HEAD APPROX 6" UNDER THE SHIELD THE SHIELD FELL RESULTING IN A HEAD INJURY
WAS TRANSPORTING A DOZER TO THE CLEARING SITE PIT 1 IRIAD MINING & COLIDED WITH A COAL TRUCK ON HIS WAY TO THE TRUCK DUMP LOADED
I.NAME WAS DRIVING BULK ANFO TRUCK FROM STRIP SHOT AREA TO LOAD TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING ONTO A STATE ROAD FROM STRIP PIT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO TURN LEFT ONTO A ROAD LEADING TO ANFO BIN BUT WENT STR AIGHT AHEAD & RAN OVER A 250FT EMBANKMENT HE EITHER JUMPED OR WAS THROWN FROM TRUCK HE WAS CRUSHED BY THE T RUCK & DIED FROM INTERNAL INJURIES (THIS IS MY SPULATION ON MY PART GIVEN
I NAME WAS WORK3NG THE MACHINE ON A BENCH GRUBBING TREES WHEN IT APPARENTLY SLID OFF THE BENCH DOWN A 35 FT EMBANKMENT AND TURNED OVER ON SIDE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN TRAMMING THE MACHINE BACK TO PARKING AREA3
THE TRUCK DRIVER BACKED UP TO THE BERMED SPOIL DUMP AREA; THE GROUND BENEATH THE WEIGHT OF THE LOADED TRUCK GAVE WAY CAUSING THE TRUCK TO GO BACKWARDS OVER THE 150 FOOT HIGH SPOIL BANK AREA. THE TRUCK LANDED ON ITS LEFT SIDE. THE DRIVER RECEIVED SERIOUS HEAD INJURIES ALONG WITH OTHER INTERNAL COMPLICATIONS. THE VICTIMS DEATH OCCURRED AT 10:55 AM.