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

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July 15, 2006 at 7:45 AM

Terrassa Sand & Gravel #1 · Terrassa Sand & Gravel, Inc. · Bayamon County, PR

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

Classification: POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type: Drowning
Activity at time: Haulage Or Dump Truck
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
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
Mine type: Surface
Sector: Metal/Non-Metal

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