Truck Driver fatality

June 19, 2000 at 1:15 PM

Paradise Plant 1390 · TXI (A/K/A Texas Industries Inc) · Wise County, TX

Investigator narrative

A CUSTOMER DRIVING A DUMP TRUCK WAS STRUCK BY A TRAIN WHILE ENTERING THE PLANT. HE DID NOT STOP AT THE STOP SIGN. THE TRAIN PUSHED THE TRUCK APPROX. 800 FT DOWN THE TRACKS. THE DRIVER DIED OF RESULTING INJURIES.

Record details

Classification: POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type: Struck against a moving object
Activity at time: Haulage Or Dump Truck
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury: HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Experience at this mine: 0.5 years
Experience in this job: 4 years
Mine type: Surface
Sector: Metal/Nonmetal

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