Bulldozer Operator, Universal Operator, Heavy Equipment Operator, Operating Engineer

Worker was fatally injured while driving a CAT 769C Water Truck along a standard mine haul road, returning to the water stand to re-fill the water tank. The water truck drifted left, onto the berm, travelling approximately 160' before ""cartwheeling"" and ejecting the worker. The worker does not appear to have been wearing the supplied seat belt.

Activity at time of incident

Utility Truck, Water Trucks

Subunit / location

STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT

Accident type

Struck against stationary object

Source of injury

GROUND

Nature of injury

MULTIPLE INJURIES

Total mining experience

2.31 years

Experience at this mine

1.54 years

Experience in this job

0.88 years

Degree of injury

FATALITY