Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #220213570004

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at Liberty Ranch (Martin Marietta Materials Southwest, LLC), TX, December 13, 2021

at 10:42 AM

On December 13, 2021, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Liberty Ranch (Martin Marietta Materials Southwest, LLC), TX.

Liberty Ranch · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal
Liberty County, TX
Classification POWERED HAULAGE
Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
Customer truck driver pulled into tarping area behind another truck and failed to set parking brake before exiting the truck. The driver did not use wheel chocks as required. The customer truck driver was fatally injured when customer's truck moved forward and pinned customer truck driver against the other drivers truck.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Inspect Equipment Or Mine
Subunit / location
DREDGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury
HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience
0 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
4 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY

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