MSHA Fatality Alert - July 12, 2025
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July 31, 2025 - 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.
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