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POWERED HAULAGE

Fatal · 220030830197 · 03/17/2003 · Star Fire Mining

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
HEAD,NEC
Days lost
—
Mine experience
0.38 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated
Operator
Star Fire Mining
Mine
1513936

Narrative

LOADED COAL TRUCK WAS LEAVING PIT. FOR SOME REASON STEEP HAULWAY ROAD TRUCK ROLLED BACK. APPARENTLY DRIVER TRIED TO JUMP OUT. HE WAS CAUGHT BY TRUCK AND KILLED.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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