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POWERED HAULAGE

Fatal · 220022410022 · 08/20/2002 · Washington County Highway Department

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
Idle
Injury source
HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost
Mine experience
1.07 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Washington County-TN
Operator
Washington County Highway Department
Mine
4000122

Narrative

EE HAD JUST EXITED HIS DUMP TRUCK AFTER BACKING IT UNDER THE BINS. HE WAS STANDING, LOOKING UP, TALKING TO ANOTHER EE WHO WAS STANDING ABOVE HIM. ANOTHER DRIVER WAS BACKING INTO THE ADJOINING STALL, HIS TRUCKBED STRUCK EE IN THE BACK, KNOCKING HIM TO THE PAVEMENT, THEN THE RIGHT REAR WHEELS RAN OVER HIS BODY. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER TRUCK GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND RAN TO CALL 911.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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