Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #220021860010

Welder (Shop)

June 28, 2002 at 5:50 AM
LONE MOUNTAIN PLANT · Facility · Coal
Lee County, VA
Classification POWERED HAULAGE
Type Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Investigator narrative
THE VICTIM WAS HAULING REFUSE FINES -100 MESH TO THE IMPOUNDMENT. HE WAS BACKING THE TRUCK TO THE DUMPING POINT WHEN FOR SOME REASON. HE TURNED THE TRUCK THROUGH THE BERM. THE TRUCK TURNED TO THE LEFT SIDE AND SLID DOWN THE EMBANKMENT AND CAME TO REST ON IT'S LEFT SIDE, SUBMERGING THE CAB INTO THE IMPOUNDMENT MATERIALS.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Haulage Or Dump Truck
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Underground location
NO VALUE FOUND
Mining method
NO VALUE FOUND
Accident type
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Source of injury
HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience
27 years
Experience at this mine
4 years
Experience in this job
4 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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