Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #220073030006

Car Dropper

October 22, 2007 at 1:55 PM
Granite Mountain Quarry #1 · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal
Pulaski County, AR
Classification POWERED HAULAGE
Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
The locomotive was coming back into the plant when EE had crossed over to the old scales side road. He got out of his truck & started to cross the tracks when the locomotive operator saw him. They heard him on the radio say he had broke the 7 car. A coworker asked another coworker if he could see him & when he looked back he saw him on the tracks. He had been hit by the locomotive.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Walking, Running
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Underground location
NO VALUE FOUND
Mining method
NO VALUE FOUND
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury
STD G RAIL CR,MTR-SURF EQ
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part affected
LEG, NEC
Total mining experience
1 year
Experience at this mine
1 year
Experience in this job
1 year
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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