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Washington County Highway Department operator

Controlled by Washington County-TN

MSHA operator ID: L02172

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 9
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 2001–2003

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$6,754

proposed penalties

$6,246

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 3 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 1 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal
NO VALUE FOUND 1 non-fatal
OTHER 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2003

2002

2 (1f)

2001

Mines on record

LOCUST MOUNT QUARRY TN

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

August 20, 2002 TN · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Washington County Highway Department · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE HAD JUST EXITED HIS DUMP TRUCK AFTER BACKING IT UNDER THE BINS. HE WAS STANDING, LOOKING UP, TALKING TO ANOTHER EE WHO WAS STANDING ABOVE HIM. ANOTHER DRIVER WAS BACKING INTO THE ADJOINING STALL, HIS TRUCKBED STRUCK EE IN THE BACK, KNOCKING HIM TO THE PAVEMENT, THEN THE RIGHT REAR WHEELS RAN OVER HIS BODY. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER TRUCK GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND RAN TO CALL 911.