Mine Manager

Excavator was lifting plastic pipe when it fell and hit the victim.

Texto original en inglés de la MSHA

On March 27, 2014, Robert J. Devich, Manager, age 64, was seriously injured when he was struck by an 8-inch diameter plastic slurry pipe that was being moved with an excavator. Devich was standing near the excavator when the unsecured pipe fell from the excavator bucket and struck him. Devich was hospitalized and died on March 30, 2014, as a result of his injuries. The accident occurred due to management’s failure to establish procedures to ensure the slurry pipe was secured before it was moved. Devich had not received adequate task training in safe operating procedures related to the assigned task as required. Additionally, Devich was not wearing a suitable hard hat in an area where falling objects created a hazard.

1. Management failed to establish procedures to ensure that persons could move the slurry pipe from place to place in a safe manner and failed to provide miners with adequate task training in safe operating procedures. During the process of moving the slurry pipe, it was not secured. The victim did not wear a hard hat in an area where falling objects created a hazard.

   Acción correctiva: Management developed written procedures to ensure that persons are protected when slurry pipes are moved. The procedures require that a suitable choker cable is used to secure the pipe and that persons stay clear of suspended loads and wear hard hats in areas where falling objects create a hazard. All persons were trained in these new procedures.

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

Actividad al momento del incidente

Unknown

Subunidad / ubicación

STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT

Tipo de accidente

Golpeado por objeto que cae

Fuente de la lesión

RBR,GLS,PLSTC,FIBRGLS,FAB

Naturaleza de la lesión

MULTIPLE INJURIES

Parte del cuerpo afectada

HEAD,NEC

Experiencia minera total

32 years

Experiencia en esta mina

32 years

Experiencia en este puesto

32 years

Grado de la lesión

FATALITY