Fatality · MSHA Record #220133190044
Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver, Transportation Truck Driver
November 7, 2013 at 9:15 PM
Douglas County, GA
ClassificationPOWERED HAULAGE
TypeDrowning
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
- Accident type
- Drowning
- Source of injury
- WATER
- Nature of injury
- SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
- Total mining experience
- 27.63 years
- Experience at this mine
- 4.1 years
- Experience in this job
- 3.1 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220133190044 · Mine ID 0900068Trainer view →