Laborer

Miner was apparently adding oil to hoist of truck. Box was loaded with rock and not properly blocked. The weight of the loaded box split block and the box came down unexpectedly crushing miner between the truck frame and dump box. Although no damage was done to equipment, miner was killed.

Texto original en inglés de la MSHA

Robert L. Irwin, Foreman, age 53, was killed at this operation on August 2, 2014. Irwin was working under the raised bed of a dump truck when a weathered block of wood supporting the load suddenly failed, allowing the bed to fall and pin him. No other miners were working at the mine on the day of the accident. Irwin was working alone and was not found until 10:00 a.m., on August 3, 2014. He was performing maintenance on the truck bed’s hydraulic lift system. The accident occurred due to management’s failure to establish procedures to ensure persons could safely perform maintenance on a truck bed in a raised position. The raised truck bed was not secured to prevent accidental lowering when the victim was performing maintenance. The victim was not instructed in the safety and health aspects and safe work procedures of the task of performing maintenance on the truck’s hydraulic lift system. Additionally, Irwin was assigned to perform work alone where hazardous conditions existed that would endanger his safety and he could not communicate with others, be heard, or be seen.

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

Golpeado por objeto que cae

Fuente de la lesión

HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK

Naturaleza de la lesión

MULTIPLE INJURIES

Parte del cuerpo afectada

MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)

Experiencia minera total

28 years

Experiencia en esta mina

28 years

Experiencia en este puesto

25 years

Grado de la lesión

FATALITY