Mine Safety and Health Administration Coal Mine Safety and Health Report of Investigation: Surface Coal Mine Fatal Powered Haulage Accident November 16, 2007. Rock Island Mine Farrell-Cooper Mining Company Rock Island, Le Flore County, Oklahoma ID No. 34

摘要

On Friday, November 16, 2007, Jack Ward, truck driver, age 66, was fatally injured when the haul truck he was operating backed over the edge of the West pit spoil dump. The truck rolled down the dump slope and came to rest upside down in a pool of water at the bottom of the pit. The cause of death was drowning. The causes of the accident included a lack of berms on the dump at the point of over-travel; inadequate training of the victim prior to being assigned normal work duties; lighting on the dump not sufficient to identify the edges of the dump site; and inadequate on-shift examinations that did not identify the hazards of the inadequate berms and inadequate lighting at the West pit spoil dump area.