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

July 15, 2006 at 7:45 AM

Terrassa Sand & Gravel #1 · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Terrassa Sand & Gravel, Inc. (Jose Terrasa)

Bayamon County, PR

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Drowning

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
Underground location: NO VALUE FOUND
Mining method: NO VALUE FOUND
Accident type: Drowning
Source of injury: WATER
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 33 years
Experience at this mine: 33 years
Experience in this job: 33 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220062060012 · Mine ID 5400081 Trainer view →