An All-Terrain Forklift was unloading a trailer of poly pipe. While the All-Terrain Forklift was traversing away from the trailer, a single piece of pipe fell on the driver's side of the truck.
Universal Non Contractor
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 16 fatalities · 1 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 6 fatalities · 2 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 5 fatalities · 2 non-fatal
- FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS 4 fatalities
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 2 fatalities · 1 non-fatal
- OTHER 2 fatalities · 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
Mines worked
- Granbury Mine TX
- Davenport Plant IA
- Lone Star Quarry & Mill MO
- Amrize Midlothian Plant TX
- Kinsella Quarry & Mill NY
- Simpson GA
- Newport AR
- Maverick Materials LLC TX
- Hard Rock Gardiner Pit WA
- Kinder Plant LA
- International Minerals Carlsbad, Inc. NM
- Paradise Plant 1390 TX
- Langley Hill Quarry CA
- HOPEDALE PLANT MA
- Oshkosh Quarry WI
- Plant #1 VA
- HENDERSON OPERATIONS CO
- Sonoma Rock Company CA
- Wythe Stone Company VA
- Westford Quarry MA
- VERPOL PLANT VT
- Winchester Plant VA
- Lucerne Valley Pit CA
- Beverly Materials-East Pit IL
- Canby Sand & Gravel DBA CalPortland OR
- Wolf Creek AL
- SIERRA ROCK PRODUCTS CA
- Greenbrier Strip WV
- Canton Aggregates C1 OH
- Hall Branch 1 KY
- Linden Pit AZ
- ABEL SPUR MILL NE
- Provo Convenant Incorporated AR
- UPTON MILL & MINE WY
- LONGVIEW OPERATION AL
- ROY YOUNG SAND PIT LA
- Georgetown Qy & Plt TX
- Banning Site PA
- Best Silica Company OH
- Nova Materials Company TX
Recorded fatalities
36 recordedSub-contracted tow truck was dispatched to tow super sucker truck. Boom of tow truck was being operated by tow truck employee #1 when it struck tow truck employee #2 in the head. Employee #2 was taken by ambulance to local ER for treatment where he later passed away. Most data unknown due to HIPPA and subcontractor status of deceased
A delivery truck driver for Stericycle Environmental Solutions arrived at Alternate Fuels to deliver drums. After opening trailer doors, the driver walked back to the cab of his truck and proceeded to climb the steps to get back in the cab when he suddenly fell backwards onto the ground striking the back of his head.
Truck driver entered empty bulk trailer tank for unknown reason, and was later discovered unresponsive inside the trailer.
Customer was driving loaded dump truck down a grade when the truck went out of control. He jumped from the cab and was run over by the truck. Truck involved in accident was owned by a customer, not a contractor or mine operator.
An over-the-road truck driver (not a miner, nor an employee) was pinned against a loading dock by a shuttle trailor that was backing up to the dock.
The victim was attempting to deliver an overnite package. She got out of her truck, began walking toward the loader as the operator was backing in her direction to take delivery at the truck as usual. She had never left the truck before. She walked in the blind side(left rear)of the loader and was not seen. She was struck & run over by both left side tires causing fatal injuries.
Truck Driver/Customer(350 pounds plus)lost his balance & fell down stairs (older man who just got off light duty work status for his company. Still dealing with high blood pressure.) He was hospitalized and transferred to a rehabilitation center where he died on May 10, 2008.
Contractor (electrician) was working in building. It is unknown just what happened. The electrician contacted energized conductors while installing an electrical circuit.
A master electrician was fatally injured while trouble-shooting 460 volt electric motor. (question #26: experience at this mine TWO hours.)
INDEPENDENT OWNER/OPERATOR TRUCK DRIVER ARRIVED AT THE IMC SURFACE OPS. PARTS WAREHOUSE WITH A DELIVERY OF CONVEYOR BELTS. A CONTRACT FORKLIFT OPERATOR BEGAN TO OFF LOAD (2) 500' ROLLS OF 30" CONVEYOR BELTING, WEIGHING 3100 LBS. AND THE TRUCK DRIVER WALKED AROUND THE BACK OF THE TRAILER, OUT OF SIGHT. THE END OF THE FORKS TIPPED CAUSING THE BELTING TO ROLL OFF STRIKING THE DRIVER,
A CUSTOMER DRIVING A DUMP TRUCK WAS STRUCK BY A TRAIN WHILE ENTERING THE PLANT. HE DID NOT STOP AT THE STOP SIGN. THE TRAIN PUSHED THE TRUCK APPROX. 800 FT DOWN THE TRACKS. THE DRIVER DIED OF RESULTING INJURIES.
SELF-EMPLOYED TRUCK DRIVER WAS STANDING A SCALE. I OBSERVED HIM STANDING THEN LOOKED AWAY ABOUT 20 SECS LATER I LOOKED BACK AND HE WAS FACE DOWN LYING ON SCALE. NO SIGNS OF WHAT HAPPENED TO HI M OR WHAT CAUSED HIM TO FALL. LOADER OPERATOR SAID HE APPEARED PALE WHEN HE LOADED HIM EARLIER.
WHILE WAITING FOR LOADER, VICTIM CLIMBED SAND PILE AND STARTED HAND SHOVELING CONCRETE SAND INTO THE BACK OF HIS TRUCK. WHILE SHOVELING, THE PILE MOVED AND BURIED THE VICTIM BEHIND HIS TRUCK .
VICTIM APPEARED TO BE ELECTROCUTED WHILE FISHING. AN OVERSIZED PUMP CIRCUIT ACTING IN CONCERT WITH A PUMP CABLE SPLICE DAMAGED BY FLOOD WATERS, A 3'8" WIRE ROPE, AND A CREEK APPEARED TO PROVID E A CURRENT PATH FROM THE DAMAGED CABLE TO THE VICTIM.
A DELIVERY TRUCK DRIVER WAS FATALLY INJURED WHILE UNLOADING A TRAILER LOAD OF STEEL. THE LOAD SHIFTED AND HE WAS STRUCK BY A FALLING I-BEAM.
AN EE OF PIPELINE EXCAVATING CO OF SANTA ROSA, CA WAS OFF LOADING THE OVER LOADED PORTION OF AGGREGATE BASE MATERIAL AT THE SONOMA ROCK QUARRY. THE TRUCK HAD BEEN LOADED JUST A FEW MIN EARLIER BY A QUARRY EE, EE WIGH MASTER. THE DRIVER DROVHIS TRUCK NEXT TO THE STOCKPILE HAD HAD JUST LOADED FROM GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK, RAISED THE FRONT BOX OF THE TRUCK AND WAS APPARENTLY TRYING TO RE
TRUCK DRIVER CHECKING FAULTY TRANSMISSION WITH BED OF TRUCK IN A RAISED POSITION. WHILE CHECKING TRANSMISSION, BED OF TRUCK CAME DOWN, PINNING TRUCK DRIVER BETWEEN FRAME AND BED OF TRUCK.
9:30 A DRIVER OF ONE TRUCK HAD PARKED HIS TRUCK TO BE LOADED. HE GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK TO O OVER TO THE OTHER TRUCK. A[T] SOME TIME HE POSITIONED HIMSELF BEHIND THE OTHER TRUCK WHICH PROCEEDED TO BACK UP. THE VICTIM WAS RUN OVER BY THE TRUCK WHICH WAS BACKING UP.
CUSTOMER TRUCK WHICH WAS DRIVEN BY AN EMPLOYEE OF CLYDE RIVER ENTERPRISES, INC. WAS FOUND INJURED, BEHIND HIS TRUCK'S TRAILER WHILE ON OMYA, INC'S PROPERTY. IT IS ALLEGED THAT THE CLYDE RIVER TRUCK DRIVER FELL OUT OF THE TRAILER AND HIT HIS HEAD.
DECEASED TRUCK DRIVER FOR QUALITY SERVICES WAS LOADING CEMENT FOR HIS TRAILER #47-638 IN BAY #1,WHEN HE REMOVED THE BASKET (SCREEN) FROM HIS TRAILER HATCH.HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL APPROX 1 2 FEET TO THE GROUND LANDING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD AND STOMACH.
A CUSTOMER DROVE HIS TRUCK IN FOR A LOAD OF MATERIAL. HE WENT TO THE SPRAY AREA TO CLEAN THE BED OF HIS TRUCK. HE DROVE 100 TO 150 FEET FROM THE AREA AND RAISED THE TRUCK BED INTO A 7,200 VOLT POWER LINE. A MINE EMPLOYEE FOUND THE VICTIM LYING NEXT TO HIS TRUCK AND THE TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. THE VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.
10242 CONTRACTING HAUL TRUCK DRIVER EXITED HIS OWN TRUCK NEAR THE OFFICE/TRUCK SCALE. UPON EXITING THE TRUCK, THE DRIVER DID NOT SET THE BRAKES OR THE BRAKES FAILED. THE TRUCK STARTED TO ROLL 15403HE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO ENTER THE MOVING TRUCK. HE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN STOPPING HIS TRUCK AND THE DRIVER WAS RUN OVER BY HIS VEHICLE.
A MOBILE CRANE WAS BEING USED TO LOAD SALVAGE STEEL. IT WAS BOOMED ABOVE THE ADJACENT 7200 VOLT POWER LINES. THE VICTIM WAS GOING TO ATTACH THE LOAD LINE HOOK TO A PIECE OF SALVAGE STEEL THAT HAD BEEN CHAINED WHEN THE LOAD LINE CONTACTED ONE OF THE OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS, FATALLY ELECTRICUTING THE VICTIM AND SHOCKING HIS HELPER.
INDEPENDENT OWNER/OPERATOR/TRUCK DRIVER WALKED BEHIND HIS PUP TRAILER AND AGAINST A STOCKPILE OF SAND.GOING TO CLEAN THE TOP OF TAILGATE OFF.PLACED HIMSELF IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND THE SAN D SLUFFED FROM THE TOP COVERING HIM. WAS WITHOUT OXYGEN 7-10 MINUTES BEFORE BEING UNCOVERED AND GIVEN FIRST AID.
15095DEPENDENT HAULER WAS DELIVERING 2 SPOOLS OF WIRE ROPE.DURING THE UNLOADING PROCESS AN UNRESTRAINED ROLLED,PINNING THE TRUCK DRIVER BETWEEN THE REELS.THE VICTIM APPEARED TO HAVE SUSTAINED 76229BLE FRACTURES TO THE PELVIC AREA.
THE VICTIM WAS OWNER/OPERATOR OF A TEN-WHEEL PETERBUILT GRAVEL TRUCK. HE REGULARLY HAULED FINISHED PRODUCT FROM THE STOCKPILE AT THIS PROPERTY TO CUSTOMERS LOCATED ON THE WESTERN SLOPE OF THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS. THE MORNING OF THE ACCIDENT, THE VICTIM STOPPED HIS TRUCK ABOUT 20' FROM THE END OF THE SCALE WHERE THE LOAD WAS TO BE WEIGHED. A DOUBLE TRAILER WAS PARKED ON THE SCAL
TRUCK DRIVER WAS DESCENDING A GRADE OF ABOUT 7% ON THE COAL HAULAGE ROAD WHEN THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND PASSENGER JUMPED FROM THE OUT OF CONTROL TRUCK WHICH RESULTED IN A FATAL.
EE, CUSTOMER, HAD HIS TRUCK PARKED AND TRUKC WAS BEING LOADED. OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A TRUCK AND BAKCING ADJACENT TO EE. OTHER EMPLOYEE LOST SIGHT OF HIM AS APPROACH WAS MADE. OTHER EMPLO YEE BELIEVED HIM WALKED AROUND SIDE OF HIS OWN TRUCK. OTHER FELT BUMP AND STOPEED TRUCK. EE DISMOUNTED TRUCK AND FOUND HIM HAD BEEN DRIVEN OVER.
ON 12/19/89 AT APPROX 4:30 PM A FATAL HAULAGE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON ACCESS ROAD TO KOCH CARBON INC HALL BRANCH 1 MINE. ACCIDENT OCCURRED AS SUPPLY TRUCK DRIVER FOR UNITED SUPPLY CO WAS TRANSPOR TING SUPPLIES TO MINE ON ICE & SNOW COVERED ACCESS ROAD. TRUCK STALLED &/OR LOST TRACTION WHICH RESULTED IN TRUCK SKIDDING APPROX 90' BACKWARD. EMPL EXITED TRUCK & WAS STRUCK & TRAPPED BY LEF
TRUCK DRIVER WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE DISCONNECTED THE HYDRAULIC HOSE THAT ACTIVATES THE BED ON THE DUMP TRUCK. THE TRUCK BED FELL ON THE DRIVER WHEN THE HYDRAULIC HOSE WAS COMPLETELY TAKEN OFF.
I NAME AND I NA4E EMPLOYEES OF THE OL&B RAILROAD, WERE CUTING UP A RAILROAD CAR, WORKING ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE CAR. I NAME HEARD THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAR FALL. HE THEN SAW I NAME LYING UNDER THE CAR S3DE. I NAME WAS TAKEN BY HELICOPTER TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED 9 12 87
THE POWER FOR T2E TAKEOFF PUMP WAS DEFECTIVE AND THE VICTIM CRAWLED UNDER THE TRACTOR TO MANUALLY ENGAGE THE PUMP. WHEN THE DUMP BED CAME DOWN IT CAUSED THE TRACTOR TO ROLL FORWARD AND THE FRONT DUAL ROLL9D OVER HIS HEAD AND UPPER CHEST
I.NAME WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN THE FRONT OF HIS OWN TRUCK WHEN A TRUCK IN FRONT OF HIM GETTING LOADED ROLLED BACK & PINNED HIM WITH A LOADED TANDUM TRAILER.
VICTIM WAS WORKING ON SEPERATOR TOWER & DIED OF A HEART ATTACK.
ROBERT TRAMMELL, OWNER OPERATOR FOR SUNSHINE TRANSPORATATION, INC. TRUCK #844. PULLED TRUCK UP TO DUMP OFF SAND, RAISED TRAILER TO DUMP, TRAILER CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIGH VOLTAGE LINE. TRAMMEL STEPPED OUT OF TRUCK, DEATH BYELECTROCUTION.