Miner

An employee on the ground level retrieved the tool and climbed 1 to 2 rungs of the ladder to hand the tool to the employee above. The employee appeared to lose consciousness and fell. The witnesses indicated that it appeared the victim was breathing. At 12:01pm, US Silica was informed that the victim had a heart attack and while at the hospital the employee died.

Texto original en inglés de la MSHA

Daniel J. Pabian, Contract Maintenance Repairman, age 58, was fatally injured at Pabian Enterprises LLC’s Ottawa Plant on November 26, 2014. Pabian was assisting in the installation of an overhead electric hoist. The accident occurred when the victim fell from a ladder, striking a steel guard to the water pump drive belts and sheave, and then continued to fall onto the cement floor below. The ladder being used was a 12-foot portable step ladder erected on a level cement floor. The victim fell from the lower rungs of the ladder. On April 20, 2015, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) referred the accident to the Chargeability Review Committee (CRC). On July 14, 2015, the CRC determined that this death should be charged to the mining industry. The death certificate and autopsy report both indicated that the manner of death was accidental and the cause of death was a cervical spinal fracture due to a fall from a ladder.

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

Actividad al momento del incidente

Climb Scaffolds, Ladders

Subunidad / ubicación

STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT

Tipo de accidente

Caída desde escaleras de mano

Fuente de la lesión

FLOOR,WALKING SURF-NOT UG

Naturaleza de la lesión

FRACTURE,CHIP

Parte del cuerpo afectada

NECK

Experiencia minera total

22 years

Experiencia en esta mina

2 years

Experiencia en este puesto

20 years

Grado de la lesión

FATALITY