PRELIMINARY REPORT
A contract mechanic died when the counterweight of an excavator, that he was trying to remove, fell and struck him.
December 16, 2022 Fatality
Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: Signal Peak Sillica of Atascosa, Atascosa, Texas
Mine Controller: Orchard Global Asset Management, LLP
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Sand industrial NEC
Incident Date/Time: December 16, 2022 02:51 pm
FATALITY ALERT
MINE FATALITY – On December 16, 2022, a contract mechanic died while removing the counterweight of an excavator, when it fell and struck him.
FINAL REPORT
FAI-6890787-1
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
REPORT OF INVESTIGATION
Surface
(Industrial Sand)
Fatal Machinery Accident
December 16, 2022
Stout Excavating Group LLC (B7441)
Converse, Texas
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