January 19, 1998
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Jobe Concrete Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSPORTING A LOAD OF ROCK TO THE CRUSHER IN A PIT TRUCK. AS HE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD TO THE CRUSHER HE APPARENTLY LOST CONTROL, VEERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, STRIKING 2 B ERMS APPROX 80' APART. THE EMPLOYEE WAS EJECTED FROM TEH CAB OF THE TRUCK AT POINT OF FINAL IMPACT.