Mining Incidents
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
Terrassa Sand & Gravel #1 · Surface · Metal/Nonmetal
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 →