Mine Safety and Health Administration Coal Mine Safety and Health Report of Investigation: Surface Coal Mine Fatal Powered Haulage Accident July 2, 2007. Mine No. 2, No. 3, No. 4 Twin Pines Coal Company, Inc., Bremen, Cullman County, Alabama I.D. No. 01-

摘要

On July 2, 2007, a 59 year old bulldozer operator with over 35 years experience was fatally injured when struck by a pickup truck operating in reverse (being backed-up). The victime and tow other bulldozer operators were at their personal vehicles, which were parked in fromt of, and to the right of, thier bulldozeers. The bulldozers were parked in a line along the drill ground access road. The pit foreman drove up to the three operators and instructed them to move thier bulldozers to an area across the entrance road in preparation for a highwall shot. The victim was walking back to his bulldozer when the foreman, who was using only the side view mirrors of the pickup truck, backed over him. The accident occurred because all available means (Looking over the driver's soulder and using, the inside rearview mirror) were not used to assure that it was safe to operate the turck in a reverse direction.