Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver

About 3:15 pm., employee went to a storage building to get some planks. He climbed a stack of loaded pallets to get to the planks that were near the rafters and fell approximately 8 feet to the floor below and was found dead the next morning at approximately 6:02 am.

Texto original en inglés de la MSHA

On August 25, 2014, Glenn F. Dibble, Truck Driver, age 54, was killed when he fell approximately 8 feet from loaded stacked pallets. He was attempting to retrieve wooden planks from the rafters in a bag storage building. The accident occurred due to management’s failure to establish and implement procedures for persons to safely access materials stored in the bag storage building. Additionally, Dibble did not receive task training addressing safe work procedures for accessing overhead areas and the potential hazards associated with the task.

1. Management failed to provide a safe means of access for miners retrieving stored materials from the overhead rafters in the bag storage building.

   Acción correctiva: All materials were removed from the overhead rafters and stored in a safe manner. In addition, management established written policies and safe work procedures, including the use of ladders for any work being performed overhead. Miners were trained in the new policies and procedures.

2. Management failed to provide the victim, an over-the-road truck driver, sufficient task training addressing safe access and safe work procedures while performing additional duties at the mine.

   Acción correctiva: Management has revised their Part 46 training plan to include task training for over-the-road truckers who may perform additional duties at the mine. All truck drivers were trained in accordance with the revised plan.

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

Actividad al momento del incidente

Climb In Piled Material

Subunidad / ubicación

STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT

Tipo de accidente

Caída desde material apilado

Fuente de la lesión

FLOOR,WALKING SURF-NOT UG

Naturaleza de la lesión

MULTIPLE INJURIES

Parte del cuerpo afectada

MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)

Experiencia minera total

1 year

Experiencia en esta mina

1 year

Experiencia en este puesto

16 years

Grado de la lesión

FATALITY