MSHA reported that on July 12, a delivery truck driver at Pueblo Plant & Quarry, Pueblo Colo., died when the truck he was driving traveled off the road and crashed into a ravine.
This is the 16th fatality reported in 2025, and the seventh classified as “Powered Haulage.”
MSHA recommends the following best practices to avoid this type of accident:
- 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.