Rotary Bucket Excavator Operator

The injured employee was working in the North East corner of the pit loading shot rock. While waiting for the haul truck to return to the muck pile, the excavator was struck by several large rocks. No one witnessed the accident. The haul truck driver discovered the accident scene and rescue/recovery efforts begun. The excavator operator was fatally injured.

Texto original en inglés de la MSHA

On July 25, 2016, James T. Lynn (age 59) was killed when rock from a highwall, approximately 80 feet above, fell on the operator's cab of the hydraulic excavator that he was operating.The accident occurred because the operator's mining methods did not maintain wall stability where the victim was working. The operator failed to take down or support hazardous ground conditions before work commenced in the area and failed to identify hazardous ground conditions during examinations in the work area prior to work commencing.

1. The operator's mining methods did not maintain wall stability in places where persons work or travel.

   Acción correctiva: The operator has revised their mining methods to alter the mining direction with respect to jointing and has revised the shot pattern to reduce back-break.

2. The operator failed to take down or support hazardous ground conditions before work commenced in the area.

   Acción correctiva: The operator has instituted and trained all employees in a plan for taking down hazardous ground conditions with equipment that can reach all areas of the highwall face.

3. The operator failed to conduct an adequate workplace examination. The operator failed to identify hazardous ground conditions in the work area prior to work commencing.

   Acción correctiva: The mine has instituted written highwall inspection procedures which include conducting examinations from the top of the highwall before work commences. All miners have been trained in these inspection procedures.

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

Actividad al momento del incidente

Power Shovel, Dragline

Subunidad / ubicación

STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT

Tipo de accidente

Golpeado por objeto que cae

Fuente de la lesión

CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE

Naturaleza de la lesión

MULTIPLE INJURIES

Parte del cuerpo afectada

MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)

Experiencia minera total

17 years

Experiencia en esta mina

8 years

Experiencia en este puesto

17 years

Grado de la lesión

FATALITY