Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality
EMPLOYEE BACKED 50 TON ROCK TRUCK UP AND BACKED INTO GRAVEL WASH OUT PIT. OPERATOR ASPIRATED MUCCY WATER AND DROWN.
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Drowning
- Activity at time
- Haulage Or Dump Truck
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Source of injury
- WATER
- Nature of injury
- SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
- Body part affected
- BODY SYSTEMS
- Total mining experience
- 35 years
- Experience at this mine
- 5 years
- Experience in this job
- 3 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
-
October 5, 2026 · Cyber Square, LLC · LA · Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver
The employee was walking back from their vehicle along the haul road near the employee break room when they were struck by a Caterpillar 966 front end loader. Emergency Services were immediately contacted via 911, and EMS was dispatched to the scene. The accident resulted in a fatality the circumstances surrounding…
-
July 6, 2026 · Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. · AZ · Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver
Rear-end collision involving two haul trucks on a haul road.
-
July 6, 2026 · U.S. Lime Company-St. Clair · OK · Utility Man
At the time of filing it is believed the miner was riding on the back of a railcar when the railcar derailed and pinned the miner between the railcar and a nearby structure. The miner was transported to a medical facility where EE died the following day.