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

March 24, 2010 at 6:05 PM

CAYUGA MINE · Cargill Salt · Tompkins County, NY

Investigator narrative

Employee was in dump truck waiting to be loaded with bulk salt from under 150 ton bin to transfer it to the stockpile pad on Cargill Deicing property. He was being loaded with salt when the brackets from the bin gave way and landed on the cab of his truck pinning him inside.

Record details

Classification: FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Activity at time: Haulage Or Dump Truck
Subunit / location: SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
Source of injury: HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Total mining experience: 15 years
Experience at this mine: 15 years
Experience in this job: 15 years
Mine type: Underground
Sector: Metal/Nonmetal

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