December 16, 2022 Fatality

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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

PRELIMINARY REPORT

A contract mechanic died when the counterweight of an excavator, that he was trying to remove, fell and struck him.