Fatality · MSHA Record #219861000127

Fatal incident at Alto Bonito Gravel Pit (Alto Bonito Gravel Plant), TX, March 28, 1986

at 4:00 PM

On March 28, 1986, a worker was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Alto Bonito Gravel Pit (Alto Bonito Gravel Plant), TX.

Alto Bonito Gravel Pit · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Alto Bonito Gravel Plant (Conrado Guerra)

Starr County, TX

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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Investigator narrative

ON THE ABOVE D5TE THE DECEASED IS PRESUMED TO HAVE INJURED HIMSELF FATALLY BY OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER WITHOUT PERMISSION OR ANY KNOWNLEDGE BY PLANT PERSONAL. THE DECEASED WAS FOUND LAYIN G ON THE GROUN8 NEAR THE LOADER & THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACTUAL ACCIDENT.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Getting On Or Off Equipment
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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