Fatality · MSHA Record #220062060012
Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver, Transportation Truck Driver
July 15, 2006 at 7:45 AM
Operator: Terrassa Sand & Gravel, Inc. (Jose Terrasa)
Bayamon County, PR
ClassificationPOWERED HAULAGE
TypeDrowning
Investigator narrative
Extrayendo material en el lado noreste de la charca de extraccion el chofer, no sabemos la razon, hizo un viraje en el lado noroeste de la charca y cayo a la misma con su camion. El chofer fallecio.The victim's truck was loaded with his first load of the shift. He was backing his haul truck out of the extraction area(pit) when truck traveled across a field into a water filled pit.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Haulage Or Dump Truck
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Accident type
- Drowning
- Source of injury
- WATER
- Nature of injury
- SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
- Total mining experience
- 33 years
- Experience at this mine
- 33 years
- Experience in this job
- 33 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220062060012 · Mine ID 5400081Trainer view →