Laborer
Employee was shoveling coal off a conveyor belt, belt moved forward causing miner to fall down transfer chute onto belt conveyor that transferred EE to stacker tube where EE fell onto coal pile.
Texto original en inglés de la MSHA
On August 11, 2024, at 12:05 a.m., Leonard Barnes, a 62 year-old surface miner with over five years of mining experience, died while shoveling rock from a belt conveyor. Barnes was on top of the belt inside the C1 Head Roller Housing (C1 Housing) when the counterweight dropped, causing the belt to move forward and Barnes to fall into the chute below. The mine operator directed and allowed miners to work where there were known safety hazards, and did not follow their belt conveyor inspection, cleaning, and lockout procedures. The accident occurred because the mine operator did not: 1) ensure Barnes wore fall protection, and 2) block the belt conveyor against hazardous motion before performing maintenance.
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The mine operator did not block the belt conveyor against hazardous motion before performing maintenance.
Acción correctiva: The mine operator designed new guards and reduced the access to the belt conveyor doors surrounding the C1 Housing with a welded bar to reduce the opening size. Warning signs have been posted on the C1 Housing, and on the guards, warning miners of the potential hazards associated with cleaning the belt conveyor system. Additionally, the mine operator retrained mine management and miners on their belt conveyor inspection, cleaning, and lockout procedure plan. The mine operator will conduct periodic audits and inspections to ensure compliance with their procedural plan.
Hallazgos del informe final de investigación de la MSHA, que sustituye la narrativa preliminar anterior.
- Actividad al momento del incidente
- Hand Load, Hand Shoveling
- Subunidad / ubicación
- SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
- Tipo de accidente
- Caída desde una máquina
- Fuente de la lesión
- BELT CONVEYORS
- Naturaleza de la lesión
- CRUSHING
- Parte del cuerpo afectada
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Experiencia minera total
- 5 years
- Experiencia en esta mina
- 5 years
- Experiencia en este puesto
- 0 years
- Grado de la lesión
- FATALITY
Cada registro de esta página refleja lo que publica la MSHA en su programa de Datos Abiertos del Gobierno, actualizado semanalmente. La MSHA no publica URLs por accidente (los datos de Accidentes se distribuyen en un único archivo masivo), así que esta es la forma de recuperar la fuente del registro específico a continuación:
- Informe final de investigación: Lee el informe final de la MSHA
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Registro del accidente:
Descargar MSHA Accidents.zip
luego busque el número de documento
220242320035(la clave única por Formulario MSHA 7000-1) -
Registro de la mina:
Sistema de Recuperación de Datos de Minas de la MSHA
y busque por ID de mina
0503672 - Todos los conjuntos de datos de la MSHA: Directorio del programa de Datos Abiertos del Gobierno que cubre Accidentes, Minas, Inspecciones, Infracciones, etc.