Fatality · MSHA Record #220230690012
Rotary Bucket Excavator Operator
February 25, 2023
at 7:50 AM
Hidalgo County, TX
Classification
OTHER
Type
Drowning
Investigator narrative
326 FL Excavator operator tracked over berm into Settling pond
Final MSHA investigation
On February 25, 2023, at approximately 7:50 a.m., Eliborio Garcia, a 42 year-old equipment operator with five days of mining experience, died when the excavator he was operating traveled over an approximately two-foot-high berm into a sediment pond. The accident occurred because the mine operator did not ensure the excavator operator maintained control of the excavator.
Root causes
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The mine operator did not ensure the excavator operator maintained control of the excavator.
Corrective action: The mine operator trained all mine employees on best practices for maintaining control and where equipment should be located when working near and cleaning out sediment ponds.
Findings from MSHA's final investigation report, which supersedes the preliminary narrative above.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Power Shovel, Dragline
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Accident type
- Drowning
- Source of injury
- WATER
- Nature of injury
- SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
- Body part affected
- BODY SYSTEMS
- Total mining experience
- 0 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 0 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220230690012 · Mine ID 4104706
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