METAL/NONMETAL MINE FATALITY - On April 4, 1995, a truck driver with nearly five years of
mining experience was killed at a gold pit. The employee
was driving a 190-ton haul truck loaded with waste
material to the dump. As he was backing up his truck to
the dump site, the truck caught fire. The fire engulfed
the cab of the truck causing burns on 81 percent of the
victim's body. The victim died the following day from
complications resulting from the burns. This is the
fourteenth fatality reported in calendar year 1995 in the
metal and nonmetal mining industries. As of this date in
1994, there were twelve fatalities reported in these
industries. This death is the first fatality classified
as fire this year. There were no fire fatalities during
the same period in 1994.
For more information:
MSHA's Fatal Accident Investigation Report [FTL95M14]