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

November 7, 2013 at 9:15 PM

LITHIA SPRINGS QUARRY · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Douglas County, GA

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

Classification: POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type: Drowning
Activity at time: Haulage Or Dump Truck
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
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
Mine type: Surface
Sector: Metal/Nonmetal

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