Maintenance Man

As a large piece of steel framing structure was being slid out of a cargo container, it tipped over and crushed employee.

Texto original en inglés de la MSHA

On November 17, 2023, at 3:55 p.m., Modesto Montes, a 50 year-old miner with over four years of mining experience, died when the leg support structure of a stone saw stand that he was assisting to unload, shifted, and struck him.The accident occurred because the mine operator did not: 1) ensure that the leg support structure was unloaded in a manner that did not create a hazard to miners from falling or shifting, and 2) provide new task training for unloading the leg support structure from a nontypical delivery method.

1. The mine operator did not provide new task training for unloading the leg support from a nontypical delivery method.

   Acción correctiva: The mine operator trained all miners on the new written procedures in accordance with 30 CFR 46.7(a), and the mine operator documented this training in accordance with 30 CFR 46.9.

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

Actividad al momento del incidente

Handling Supplies Or Material

Subunidad / ubicación

STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT

Tipo de accidente

Golpeado por objeto que cae

Fuente de la lesión

METAL,(Not Elsewhere Classified)(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)

Naturaleza de la lesión

CRUSHING

Parte del cuerpo afectada

TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS

Experiencia minera total

4 years

Experiencia en esta mina

4 years

Experiencia en este puesto

4 years

Grado de la lesión

FATALITY