Current:Home > reviewsJohnathan Walker:Driver killed after tank depressurizes at Phoenix semiconductor facility that’s under construction -GrowthInsight
Johnathan Walker:Driver killed after tank depressurizes at Phoenix semiconductor facility that’s under construction
Algosensey View
Date:2025-04-10 21:22:51
PHOENIX (AP) — A truck driver has been killed after a tank holding waste material depressurized at a northwest Phoenix semiconductor facility that is Johnathan Walkerunder construction, authorities said Thursday.
Phoenix police say 41-year-old Cesar Anguiano-Guitron was taking waste material away from the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company plant site in a tractor trailer Wednesday.
Anguiano-Guitron was made aware of a potential issue involving the tank containing the material that was stored under pressure, according to police.
They said Anguiano-Guitron was inspecting the equipment when an uncontrolled pressure release occurred and he was struck by a blunt object and thrown over 20 feet (6 meters) from the truck.
Anguiano-Guitron was taken to a hospital, where he died from his injuries.
Police said the incident is under investigation.
Officials with TSMC Arizona said in a statement that no company employees or onsite construction workers were injured and there was no damage to the plant’s facilities.
TSMC is one of the world’s largest contract chipmakers and began construction on the Phoenix semiconductor plant in July 2022 with production expected to start next year.
veryGood! (612)
Related
- Realtor group picks top 10 housing hot spots for 2025: Did your city make the list?
- A Liberian woman with a mysterious past dwells in limbo in 'Drift'
- Pennsylvania high court takes up challenge to the state’s life-without-parole sentences
- Tax refund seem smaller this year? IRS says taxpayers are getting less money back (so far)
- Scoot flight from Singapore to Wuhan turns back after 'technical issue' detected
- Eras Tour in Australia: Tracking Taylor Swift's secret songs in Melbourne and Sydney
- Why Love Is Blind Is Like Marriage Therapy For Vanessa Lachey and Nick Lachey
- Greece just legalized same-sex marriage. Will other Orthodox countries join them any time soon?
- Residents worried after ceiling cracks appear following reroofing works at Jalan Tenaga HDB blocks
- Gwen Stefani talks son Kingston's songwriting, relearning No Doubt songs
Ranking
- How to watch new prequel series 'Dexter: Original Sin': Premiere date, cast, streaming
- Top National Security Council cybersecurity official on institutions vulnerable to ransomware attacks — The Takeout
- Georgia to use $10 million in federal money to put literacy coaches in low-performing schools
- How to Watch the 2024 People's Choice Awards and Red Carpet
- NFL Week 15 picks straight up and against spread: Bills, Lions put No. 1 seed hopes on line
- Tech giants pledge action against deceptive AI in elections
- Tech companies sign accord to combat AI-generated election trickery
- Deion Sanders bets big on new defensive coach: What to know about his Colorado contract
Recommendation
Opinion: Gianni Infantino, FIFA sell souls and 2034 World Cup for Saudi Arabia's billions
Video shows Target store sliding down hillside in West Virginia as store is forced to close
Deliberations resume in the murder trial of former Ohio deputy who fatally shot a Black man
Seven of 9 Los Angeles firefighters injured in truck blast have been released from a hospital
'Malcolm in the Middle’ to return with new episodes featuring Frankie Muniz
Loophole allows man to live rent-free for 5 years in landmark New York hotel
Top National Security Council cybersecurity official on institutions vulnerable to ransomware attacks — The Takeout
Video shows Target store sliding down hillside in West Virginia as store is forced to close