METAL/NONMETAL MINE FATALITY - On September 19, 1995, a contractor truck driver was
killed at a gold pit. The employee was driving a water
truck along with a journeyman driver on the tailings dam
at the mine. When the wheels of the truck came close the
edge of the dam, the ground gave way causing the truck to
overturn into a trench. The trench quickly filled with
water from the water tank on the truck. The journeyman
driver was able to get out of the cab, but the driver was
pinned in the cab and drowned. This is the 32nd fatality
reported in calendar year 1995 in the metal and nonmetal
mining industries. As of this date in 1994, there were 31
fatalities reported in these industries. This death is
the 11th fatality classified as powered haulage this year.
There were also 12 powered haulage fatalities during the
same period in 1994.
For more information:
MSHA's Fatal Accident Investigation Report [FTL95M32]
