On November 25, 2014, James P. Crane, Truck Driver, aged 67, was killed while operating a haul truck. Crane backed the haul truck to the edge of an overburden dumpsite and started to raise the truck's bed to dump a load of material. The bank failed, causing the truck to overturn and fall 30 feet below.
Metal and Nonmetal Mine Safety and Health Report of Investigation: Surface Nonmetal Mine (Crushed and Broken Sandstone) Fatal Powered Haulage Accident, November 25, 2014, Edwards Sand and Stone, South Sterling Quarry, Greene Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania. Mine I.D. No. 36-08183
2014
24 pages
Report
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English
Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Mineral Industries , Environmental Health & Safety , Construction Equipment, Materials, & Supplies , Accident investigations , Surface mining , Accident analysis , Accident causes , Occupational safety and health , Haulage equipment , Fatalities , Mining , Edwards Sand and Stone , South Sterling Quarry , Pike County (Pennsylvania)