A customer's truck became caught in overhead wires when the driver deployed the automatic tarp in driveway while exiting the mine. The driver exited vehicle safely and was electrocuted when the driver attempted to climb back in to the truck while the tarp arms were still in contact with overhead power lines. The accident resulted in a fatality.
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November 17, 2021
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
East Coast Mines & Materials
· Contact with electrical current
East Coast Mines & Materials
· Struck by rolling or sliding object
A miner become buried from material sliding down the face of a bank.
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