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POWERED HAULAGE

Fatal · 220073270033 · 11/16/2007 · Farrell-Cooper Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury
FATALITY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Drowning
Occupation
Haul/Off road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber tire truck driver, Transportation truck driver
Activity
Haulage or Dump truck
Injury source
WATER
Nature of injury
SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part
BODY SYSTEMS
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.04 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
William J Cooper
Operator
Farrell-Cooper Mining Company
Mine
3401648

Narrative

While dumping short for a dozer to extend higher berms, the injured backed his end dump truck into a different area away from the dump area. The victim landed upside down in water at the bottom of the pit. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene by the medical examiner.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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