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

An over the road truck driver was crushed while trying to unload gravel. Driver was parked in a jackknife position while trying to unload some of the gravel in EE's bed. While attempting to dump, EE's lift cylinder snapped and the trucks trailer fell on top of the driver's side killing the driver. 911 was called immediately and MSHA was called after.

On January 2, 2024, at 4:46 a.m., Luis Rivera, a 46 year-old customer truck driver with 19 years of over-the-road truck driving experience, died when his truck’s trailer tipped over onto the cab of the truck. Rivera was in the process of unloading excess material from the trailer when the accident occurred.The accident occurred because Rivera did not properly align the truck and trailer prior to raising the trailer to unload the excess material.

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Findings from MSHA's final investigation report, which supersedes the preliminary narrative above.

Activity at time of incident

Haulage Or Dump Truck

Subunit / location

STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT

Accident type

Struck by falling object

Source of injury

HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK

Nature of injury

CRUSHING

Body part affected

HEAD, MULTIPLE PARTS

Total mining experience

0 years

Experience at this mine

0 years

Experience in this job

19 years

Degree of injury

FATALITY