Coal Mine Safety and Health Report of Investigation: Surface Coal Mine Fatal Powered Haulage Accident, October 18, 2014, Dennis McCoy and Sons, Inc., 2820 Townsgate Rd. Ste 206, Westlake Village, California 91361. MSHA ID No. 8WY at North Antelope Rochelle Mine, Peabody Powder River Mining LLC, Wright, Campbell County, Wyoming. ID No. 48-01353.

摘要

At approximately 10:05 p.m. on October 18, 2014, Darwin Lee Reimer (victim) age 51, received fatal injuries when the Caterpillar 777B haul truck he was operating went over a 238 foot highwall. The haul truck traveled 2,296 feet over the top soil limit area, through the old top soil berm section (previously stripped), through the cast berm, and through the drill pattern section; before it went over the highwall and crashed on the pit bottom.