Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at Beco Pit (Beco Rock & Sand Corp), FL, June 15, 1989

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On June 15, 1989, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured at Beco Pit (Beco Rock & Sand Corp), FL.

Beco Pit · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Beco Rock & Sand Corp (Beaty Pete)

Miami-Dade County, FL

Classification OTHER

Type Drowning

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Investigator narrative

TRUCK DRIVER WAS HAULING MATERIAL FROM THE PIT STOCKPILE TO THE PLANT WHEN APPARENTLY HE BECAME UNCONCIOUS DUE TO AN ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITION, LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND DROVE INT O THE WATER FILLED PIT (LAKE) AND DROWNED.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Haulage Or Dump Truck
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 219891790001 · Mine ID 0801072 Trainer view →