MINE FATALITY – On July 12, 2025, a delivery truck driver died when the truck he was driving traveled off the road and crashed into a ravine.

Best Practices:

• Maintain control of mobile equipment and follow all posted speed limit and warning signs.
• Ensure berms and guardrails are at least as high as the mid-axle height of the largest mobile equipment using the roadway.  
• Ensure braking systems can stop and hold the equipment with its typical load on the maximum grade it travels.
• Always wear a seatbelt while operating mobile equipment.
• Perform thorough pre-operational inspections of mobile equipment.  Correct any defects that create a hazard.

Miners and mine operators can find safety and health information on MSHA.gov.