Fatality · MSHA Record #220160670019
Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at Granbury Mine (Vista Proppants and Logistics), TX, February 26, 2016
at 8:35 AM
On February 26, 2016, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in a falling/sliding/rolling materials accident at Granbury Mine (Vista Proppants and Logistics), TX.
Contractor on site:
ZZZ
Hood County, TX
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Type
Struck by falling object
Investigator narrative
An All-Terrain Forklift was unloading a trailer of poly pipe. While the All-Terrain Forklift was traversing away from the trailer, a single piece of pipe fell on the driver's side of the truck.
Final MSHA investigation
Elvin T. Terrell, delivery truck driver, age 61, was fatally injured on February 26, 2016. Mr. Terrell was in the process of securing the tie down straps on the driver’s side of his flatbed trailer when one 50-foot section of pipe rolled off the top and struck him. The accident occurred because management’s policies and controls were inadequate to ensure the unloading of the pipe from the truck was performed in a manner that did not create a hazard to persons.
Findings from MSHA's final investigation report, which supersedes the preliminary narrative above.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Walking, Running
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Accident type
- Struck by falling object
- Source of injury
- RBR,GLS,PLSTC,FIBRGLS,FAB
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
- Experience in this job
- 12 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220160670019 · Mine ID 4104430
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