Muerte de Maintenance Man en Henderson County Mine (Highland Mining Company LLC), KY, 16 de diciembre de 2014

The unit mechanic was traveling across the section. A ram car was traveling inby toward the miner. The car had only traveled a few feet inby when the employee was struck by the ram car.

Texto original en inglés de la MSHA

On Tuesday, December 16, 2014, at approximately 10:55 a.m., Eli Eldridge (victim), a 34 year-old unit repairman, was fatally injured while traveling in the No. 7 entry on the No. 6 unit (MMU 067-0). The victim was walking across the No. 6 unit when he was struck by a coal hauler. The accident occurred because management failed to provide adequate engineering controls, administrative controls, and acceptable work practices, to protect miners from the hazards of being struck by mobile equipment.

1. The mine operator did not have effective engineering controls, policies, programs, or procedures to protect miners on the working section from the hazards of being struck by battery-powered coal haulers and the mine operator had not trained the miners on engineering controls, policies, or procedures.

2. The mine operator did not have effective policies, programs, or procedures that assure all miners properly utilize the personal strobe light issued to the miners and that the miners were trained.

3. The mine operator did not have effective policies, programs, or procedures that assure all miners on the working section had an effective means to communicate their presence on the unit, intended activities, and routes of travel and that the miners were trained.

4. The mine operator did not have effective policies, programs, or procedures that assure all miners on the working section operating mobile equipment adequately communicated to other miners their intentions to move the equipment or change direction of travel and that the miners were trained.

Hallazgos del informe final de investigación de la MSHA, que sustituye la narrativa preliminar anterior.

Actividad al momento del incidente

Walking, Running

Subunidad / ubicación

UNDERGROUND

Ubicación subterránea

FACE

Método de minería

Continuous Mining

Tipo de accidente

Golpeado por objeto motorizado en movimiento

Fuente de la lesión

MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY

Naturaleza de la lesión

MULTIPLE INJURIES

Parte del cuerpo afectada

MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)

Experiencia minera total

15 years

Experiencia en esta mina

0 years

Experiencia en este puesto

7 years

Grado de la lesión

FATALITY

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