Trainer viewPrint or save as PDF from your browser (⌘P / Ctrl+P).
← Standard viewCase study · MSHA Record #220060240006
Maintenance Man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire Tech, Field Service Tech fatality
January 5, 2006 at 11:50 AM
CEMEX - 19TH AVE · Rinker Materials · Maricopa County, AZ
Investigator narrative
Employee was crushed between tire and fuel tank.
Record details
- Classification
- FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Source of injury
- SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Total mining experience
- 12 years
- Experience at this mine
- 12 years
- Experience in this job
- 12 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Nonmetal
Similar incidents in MSHA records· same classification: FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
- March 3, 2026 · North American Silica Sand, LLC · TX · Cement Worker, Concrete Worker, Form Man, Mandoseal Man
Unsure of what conditions contributed to the death
- May 1, 2025 · SP Silica of Atascosa, LLC · TX · Rotary Bucket Excavator Operator
EE was operating an excavator in Pit 2 at SPS Atascosa. Pit 2 is located between two tailings ponds. 9:18 AM one of the tailings ponds breached causing tailings mixture to flow into the work site. Tailings mixture tipped over the excavator EE was operating cab side down. The front window broke, tailings mixture…
- January 3, 2025 · WES AGG, LLC · TX · Utility Man, Shift Tech, Service/Dump Truck Operator
Trench was dug to repair drain pipe. No sloping or shoring protection system was in place. Trench was approximately 10 foot deep and 8 foot wide. Side wall collapsed and crushed worker.