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Case study · MSHA Record #220231660022

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

June 1, 2023 at 12:40 PM
Hockley Plant · Alleyton Resource Company, LLC. · Harris County, TX
Investigator narrative
An outside truck driver came onto this site to get loaded where the driver then parked their truck and was out of view from out scale house. Driver began to work on the back of the truck where the air bag blew out from under the truck and hit the driver in the head. Driver was not our employee, nor was the driver supposed to be working on their truck.
Record details
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Struck by rolling or sliding object
Activity at time
Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
Body part affected
HEAD,NEC
Experience in this job
10 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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