Warehouseman

Employee went to prime the diaphragm pump located outside the stripping machine building, adjacent to the hydraulic room. Eight minutes pass where EE is unaccounted for prior to being found unresponsive, kneeling in liquid, face against the stainless steel flange of the tank house return HDPE line.

Texto original en inglés de la MSHA

On April 9, 2016, Bryan Ortiz, Hydromet Electrowinning Operator I, age 25, was seriously injured when he was electrocuted by an energized flange on the electrolyte return line. Ortiz was instructed to prime a pump in the area and was found incapacitated kneeling in electrolyte solution with his head contacting an energized flange. Ortiz died of his injuries on April 10, 2016. The accident occurred due to management's failure to insulate or guard energized flanges on the electrolyte return piping and failure to provide adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) for the electrical hazards that existed.

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

Actividad al momento del incidente

Mill Equipment

Subunidad / ubicación

MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT

Tipo de accidente

Contacto con corriente eléctrica

Fuente de la lesión

ELECTRICAL APPARATUS,(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Naturaleza de la lesión

ELECT SHOCK,ELECTROCUTION

Parte del cuerpo afectada

BODY SYSTEMS

Experiencia minera total

4 years

Experiencia en esta mina

4 years

Experiencia en este puesto

4 years

Grado de la lesión

FATALITY