Electrician, Lineman fatality

June 23, 2018 at 9:20 AM

Big Oak Plant · Superior Silica Sands LLC · Bexar County, TX

Investigator narrative

On June 23, 2018 at approximately 9:20 am an employee mounted a pair of slow moving rail cars to apply the brakes. The employee fell and was struck by the pair of freewheeling hopper rail cars. The employee was fatally injured because of the fall and being struck by the moving rail cars.

Record details

Classification: NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time: Spot Rail Cars, Trip Riding
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury: STD G RAIL CR,MTR-SURF EQ
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Total mining experience: 0.19 years
Experience at this mine: 0.19 years
Experience in this job: 0.19 years
Mine type: Surface
Sector: Metal/Nonmetal

Similar incidents in MSHA records· same classification: NONPOWERED HAULAGE

February 19, 2007 · Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · NC · Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver, Transportation Truck Driver
An R-35 Euclid Haul truck and a rail car collided.