Warehouseman

Miner was using a man lift basket to observe feed to cone crusher at a height of 28 feet. The miner was wearing fall protection harness and a retractable lanyard but was not secured/tied off to the man lift basket. The miner was ejected from the man lift basket to the surface below.

Texto original en inglés de la MSHA

Richard E. Ramirez, a 35-year old plant operator with eight years of experience, died on May 18, 2019, at 4:25 p.m., after falling 28 feet from the basket of a personnel lift. Ramirez was using the personnel lift to access a cone crusher feed box to clear a stoppage. He was wearing a fall protection harness with a retractable lanyard, but the lanyard was not attached to the basket’s tie off points. The accident occurred because management did not ensure that the victim properly used fall protection where there was a danger of falling.

1. The mine operator did not ensure that miners properly wore fall protection where there was a danger of falling.

   Acción correctiva: The mine operator retrained plant operators and plant maintenance personnel on the requirement of wearing fall protection and their “working at heights policy” to include the requirement to tie off while using a personnel lift.

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

Actividad al momento del incidente

Surface Equipment, Nec

Subunidad / ubicación

STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT

Tipo de accidente

Caída desde una máquina

Fuente de la lesión

GROUND

Naturaleza de la lesión

MULTIPLE INJURIES

Parte del cuerpo afectada

HEAD,NEC

Experiencia minera total

8 years

Experiencia en esta mina

3 years

Experiencia en este puesto

0 years

Grado de la lesión

FATALITY