METAL/NONMETAL MINE FATALITY - On February 24, 1995, a customer truck driver was killed
at a stone quarry. The weighmaster at the scale house
told the truck driver that his truck was overloaded. The
driver then drove his truck back to the stockpile to dump
some of his load. He backed the truck into the stockpile
face, raised the bed, got out of the cab and went behind
the truck. The 20 foot high stockpile face collapsed and
covered the victim with aggregate material. He died from
suffocation. This is the ninth fatality reported in
calendar year 1995 in the metal and nonmetal mining
industries. As of this date in 1994, there were eight
fatalities reported in these industries. This death is
the third fatality classified as falling/sliding material
this year. There was one falling/sliding material
fatality during the same period in 1994.
MSHA is prohibited by congressionally imposed budget
restrictions from enforcing the training requirements of
30 CFR Part 48 at this operation.
For more information:
MSHA's Fatal Accident Investigation Report [FTL95M09]
