Muerte de Maintenance Man en shamrock (ACG Materials), TX, 27 de abril de 2013

Employee was cleaning a jammed rock from a return roller on a track mounted CEC Crusher. The engine was still running and the belt was engaged. Employee "assumed" belt was turned off because the head pulley was not spinning skipping on the belt; the belt was actually stalled. He did not lock out/ and tag the crusher before performing the work to de-energize all power.

Texto original en inglés de la MSHA

1. Management failed to ensure that persons followed previously established procedures to deenergize the crusher before performing maintenance work. Additionally, the discharge belt conveyor was not blocked against hazardous motion.

   Acción correctiva: Management retrained all miners regarding established procedures to deenergize the mobile crusher and block moving machine parts against hazardous motion before maintenance work begins.

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

Actividad al momento del incidente

Handling Coal, Rock, Ore

Subunidad / ubicación

STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT

Tipo de accidente

Atrapado en, bajo o entre objetos en movimiento o engranados

Fuente de la lesión

BELT CONVEYORS

Naturaleza de la lesión

CRUSHING

Parte del cuerpo afectada

MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)

Experiencia minera total

2 years

Experiencia en esta mina

2 years

Experiencia en este puesto

2 years

Grado de la lesión

FATALITY

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