Motorman

The sub-contractor was found unconscious in EE's vehicle by EE's co-worker. The car was locked, co-worker attempted to wake EE. Co-worker called 911, then got mine superintendent, who came to the scene, broke the window, removed EE from EE's car, and started CPR. EE was then pronounced deceased at the hospital.

Texto original en inglés de la MSHA

On December 22, 2022, at approximately 12:00 p.m., Aidan Coon, a 21 year-old contract freeze treater with approximately two years of mining experience, was found unresponsive in his personal vehicle beside the mine office.The accident occurred because the mine operator and the contractor did not ensure the vehicle, used by the miner during his shift, was maintained in safe operating condition.

1. The mine operator and the contractor did not ensure the vehicle, which was used by the miner during his shift, was maintained in safe operating condition.

   Acción correctiva: The mine operator and contractor developed and implemented a new written procedure that does not allow any miner or contractors to stay in their personal vehicles and trained all miners and contractors on the new written procedure. The mine operator also provided an area for the employees to monitor the tonnage on the clean coal belt and an area to spray the railroad coal cars.

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

Actividad al momento del incidente

Idle

Subunidad / ubicación

MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT

Tipo de accidente

Inhalación de radiaciones, cáusticos, sustancias tóxicas y nocivas

Fuente de la lesión

NOXIOUS MINE GASES,(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Naturaleza de la lesión

POISONING,SYSTEMIC

Parte del cuerpo afectada

BODY SYSTEMS

Experiencia minera total

2 years

Experiencia en esta mina

1 year

Experiencia en este puesto

0 years

Grado de la lesión

FATALITY