Muerte de Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver en Mobile Crusher #3 Frontera Materials (Frontera Materials Inc), TX, 2 de enero de 2024

An over the road truck driver was crushed while trying to unload gravel. Driver was parked in a jackknife position while trying to unload some of the gravel in EE's bed. While attempting to dump, EE's lift cylinder snapped and the trucks trailer fell on top of the driver's side killing the driver. 911 was called immediately and MSHA was called after.

Texto original en inglés de la MSHA

On January 2, 2024, at 4:46 a.m., Luis Rivera, a 46 year-old customer truck driver with 19 years of over-the-road truck driving experience, died when his truck’s trailer tipped over onto the cab of the truck. Rivera was in the process of unloading excess material from the trailer when the accident occurred.The accident occurred because Rivera did not properly align the truck and trailer prior to raising the trailer to unload the excess material.

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Hallazgos del informe final de investigación de la MSHA, que sustituye la narrativa preliminar anterior.

Actividad al momento del incidente

Haulage Or Dump Truck

Subunidad / ubicación

STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT

Tipo de accidente

Golpeado por objeto que cae

Fuente de la lesión

HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK

Naturaleza de la lesión

CRUSHING

Parte del cuerpo afectada

HEAD, MULTIPLE PARTS

Experiencia minera total

0 years

Experiencia en esta mina

0 years

Experiencia en este puesto

19 years

Grado de la lesión

FATALITY

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