Mine Manager

Employee was servicing a dozer alone with the machine running & it was somehow put in gear & started moving. Before the employee could get out of the way the machine trapped employee's foot & started pulling employee in between the track & the cab, which led to employee being run over by the machine. This is our best guess as there were no actual witnesses to the event.

Texto original en inglés de la MSHA

On August 4, 2022, at approximately 3:45 p.m., Jimmy Wooten Sr., a 67 year-old mine owner with over 14 years of mining experience, died when he was struck by a bulldozer while performing maintenance at the mine's maintenance shop. The accident occurred because the mine operator did not block the bulldozer against hazardous motion before performing maintenance.

1. The mine operator did not block the bulldozer against hazardous motion before performing maintenance.

   Acción correctiva: The mine operator developed and implemented new written procedures that require all miners to: 1) set the parking brake on mobile equipment when parked and when repairs or maintenance is being performed, and 2) block or use other means to prevent unintended motion of mobile equipment should testing or activation be required to the extent that adjustments or testing cannot be performed without motion or activation.

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

Actividad al momento del incidente

Machine Maintenance

Subunidad / ubicación

STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT

Tipo de accidente

Atrapado en, bajo o entre un objeto en movimiento y uno fijo

Fuente de la lesión

SURFACE MINING MACHINES

Naturaleza de la lesión

CRUSHING

Parte del cuerpo afectada

MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)

Experiencia minera total

14 years

Experiencia en esta mina

14 years

Experiencia en este puesto

14 years

Grado de la lesión

FATALITY