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Case study · MSHA Record #220070590023

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality

February 19, 2007 at 11:07 AM
BAKERS QUARRY · Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Union County, NC
Investigator narrative
An R-35 Euclid Haul truck and a rail car collided.
Record details
Classification
NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
Activity at time
Spot Rail Cars, Trip Riding
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Underground location
NO VALUE FOUND
Mining method
NO VALUE FOUND
Source of injury
STD G RAIL CR,MTR-SURF EQ
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
LOWER EXTREMITIES, MULTIPLE PARTS
Total mining experience
16 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
0 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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