Laborer

There were no witnesses to the accident. The operator was found outside of his loader buried under gravel that had sloughed off of the stock pile he was loading from. Fellow employees were attempting to remove the gravel from on top of him when officials showed up. Officials declared him dead at the scene.

Texto original en inglés de la MSHA

William G. Makela, front-end loader operator, age 64, was killed on August 3, 2015, when he was engulfed by a slide of material from the stockpile. Makela had exited the front-end loader and was standing beside the loader prior to the slide. The accident occurred due to management’s failure to identify possible hazards and establish safe procedures associated with work or travel near stockpiles. The stockpile ground conditions created a fall of material hazard from lack of maintenance and trimming. Failure to recognize the hazard of working near the stockpile face contributed to the accident.

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

Actividad al momento del incidente

Getting On Or Off Equipment

Subunidad / ubicación

STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT

Tipo de accidente

Golpeado por objeto que rueda o se desliza

Fuente de la lesión

SAND,GRAVEL,SHELL

Naturaleza de la lesión

CRUSHING

Parte del cuerpo afectada

MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)

Experiencia minera total

10 years

Experiencia en esta mina

0 years

Experiencia en este puesto

10 years

Grado de la lesión

FATALITY