POWERED HAULAGE

Name: POWERED HAULAGE at Unimin Corporation
Start: 07/04/2001

Fatal · 220011970002 · 07/04/2001 · Unimin Corporation

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
Classification: POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Truck driver
Activity: Haulage or Dump truck
Injury source: HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 0.15 years

Operator

Controller (parent): S C R-Sibelco Nv
Operator: Unimin Corporation
Mine: 3100375

Narrative

AN APPARENT BRAKE MALFUNCTION CAUSED THE VICTIM TO EXIT THE CAB & WAS PULLED UNDER THE REAR WHEELS OR HE PARKED IT & CRAWLED UNDER THE BED TO CHECK A PROBLEM. EITHER SENARIO CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ROLL OVER HIS BODY CRUSHING HIM TO DEATH. THERE WAS NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown