PHOENIX (KPHO/Gray News) — 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 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company plant when there was a possible issue involving the tractor-trailer, which stores the trash under pressure.

While inspecting the tank, an “uncontrolled pressure release” occurred, and Anguiano-Guitron was hit by an object and thrown more than 20 feet from the truck, police said.

He was taken to the hospital, where he later died.

No plant employees or construction workers were hurt.

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.

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