PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A garbage truck driver is dead after a reported explosion Wednesday afternoon at a semiconductor facility in north Phoenix.
According to police, 41-year-old Cesar Anguiano-Guitron was taking garbage away around 2:45 p.m. from the construction site at the TSMC plant along 43rd Avenue just north of the Loop 303 when there was a possible issue involving tractor-trailer, which stores the trash under pressure.
While inspecting the tank, an “uncontrolled pressure released” occurred, and Anguiano-Guitron was hit by an object, police said.
That sent him more than 20 feet from the truck.
He was taken to the hospital, where he later died.
No TSMC employees or construction workers were hurt.
The facilities weren’t damaged, TSMC said.
TSMC, short for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, is the world’s largest contract chipmaker. The company first announced plans for a semiconductor manufacturing facility in Phoenix in May 2020 and began construction in July 2022.
Production is expected to start in 2025.
In addition to its existing location, TSMC has also announced plans to expand in the Valley with two more manufacturing facilities.
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