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

November 7, 2013 at 9:15 PM

LITHIA SPRINGS QUARRY · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC (Vulcan Materials Company)

Douglas County, GA

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Drowning

Investigator narrative

Employee was operating a haul truck transporting material from the wash bins to a stockpile located Northwest of two settling ponds. On the return trip to the wash bins, the haul truck traveled through a berm on the left side of the haul road, went over an embankment and overturned on its left side in the settling pond.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Haulage Or Dump Truck
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Underground location: NO VALUE FOUND
Mining method: NO VALUE FOUND
Accident type: Drowning
Source of injury: WATER
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 27 years
Experience at this mine: 4 years
Experience in this job: 3 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220133190044 · Mine ID 0900068 Trainer view →