Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver

Improper procedure performed, improper PPE, and not following SOP. *A customer truck driver fell from a large container mounted on the trailer of the truck while descending the container. The customer truck driver died from the injuries on August 7, 2023.

Texto original en inglés de la MSHA

On August 5, 2023, at approximately 8:15 p.m., Mario Jose Meza Garcia, a 44 year-old customer truck driver with several years of truck driving experience, was fatally injured when he fell while descending from a SandBox container (SandBox) mounted on his truck’s trailer after opening the SandBox’s lid. Garcia died from his injuries on August 7, 2023. The accident occurred because the mine operator did not provide site-specific hazard awareness training to the customer truck driver.

1. The mine operator did not provide site-specific hazard awareness training to the customer truck driver.

   Acción correctiva: The mine operator has taken several steps to ensure the safety of all employees, visitors, sub-contractors, and customer truck drivers. The operator has installed larger hazard awareness signs in both English and Spanish to indicate the rules and hazards for the mine. Additionally, the operator has developed a standard operating procedure on how the hazard awareness training is given to all employees, visitors, sub-contractors, and customer truck drivers. This procedure includes an audit of the customer truck drivers on their knowledge of the hazard awareness training.

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Actividad al momento del incidente

Getting On Or Off Equipment

Subunidad / ubicación

MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT

Tipo de accidente

Caída desde una máquina

Fuente de la lesión

NONPOWRD VECH-DOLI,WHLBRW

Naturaleza de la lesión

MULTIPLE INJURIES

Parte del cuerpo afectada

HEAD,NEC

Grado de la lesión

FATALITY