Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at MISSION/SAN XAVIER/EISENHOWER (ASARCO LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company), AZ, July 27, 2017

at 8:30 PM

On July 27, 2017, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at MISSION/SAN XAVIER/EISENHOWER (ASARCO LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company), AZ.

MISSION/SAN XAVIER/EISENHOWER · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: ASARCO LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company (Grupo Mexico S A B de C V)

Pima County, AZ

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Investigator narrative

Employee in flatbed service truck was parked on a waste dump at the Mission Mine. A 320 ton haul truck ran over flatbed service truck resulting in fatal accident.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Idle
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 5 years
Experience at this mine: 5 years
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220172130022 · Mine ID 0200135 Trainer view →