POWERED HAULAGE

Name: POWERED HAULAGE at Veris Gold U.S.A., Inc.
Start: 03/14/2008

220081780038 · 03/14/2008 · Veris Gold U.S.A., Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type: Struck against a moving object
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Utility truck, Water trucks
Injury source: PASS CARS,PICKUP TRUCKS
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.04 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Veris Gold Corp.
Operator: Veris Gold U.S.A., Inc.
Mine: 2601621

Narrative

There are several factors that contributed to the accident, it happened to be a curve next to a pond where the evaporation causes the road to become very slippery and the fact that it had rained the night before changing into snow early in the morning; the rear tires in the van should have been changed and finally the fact that even though he was driving at the speed limit.

Source

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