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

Victim was caught between track hoe bucket and haul truck. An excavator was loading material in a haul truck parked in the pit. When the victim exited the truck, he was struck by the bucket of the excavator and pinned against the truck.

Texto original en inglés de la MSHA

Harold Steege, Truck Driver, age 58, was killed at this operation on April 17, 2014. Steege was standing outside the cab of a dump truck that he had just parked at the pit. He was waiting for an excavator to load the truck with material. Steege was struck by the excavator bucket and crushed between the excavator bucket and the truck. The accident occurred due to management’s failure to establish safe work procedures for truck drivers waiting to be loaded in the pit. Steege left the protection of his truck’s cab and was crushed when the loading process began.

1. Management failed to implement a policy to ensure that truck drivers remained in their trucks while being loaded, and failed to task train truck drivers on safe load out operation procedures.

   Acción correctiva: Management established procedures for truck drivers to follow, including remaining in their trucks, during load out operations. All truck drivers were trained regarding these procedures.

2. Management failed to establish procedures to ensure that excavator operators would not begin any loading activity if a truck driver left the protection of the cab of the truck, and failed to task train task excavator operators on safe load out operation procedures.

   Acción correctiva: Management established procedures to ensure that excavator operators would not load any trucks if the truck driver left the protection of the cab of the truck. All excavator operators were trained regarding these procedures.

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

Actividad al momento del incidente

Walking, Running

Subunidad / ubicación

STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT

Tipo de accidente

Atrapado en, bajo o entre un objeto en movimiento y uno fijo

Fuente de la lesión

SURFACE MINING MACHINES

Naturaleza de la lesión

CRUSHING

Parte del cuerpo afectada

MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)

Experiencia minera total

4 years

Experiencia en esta mina

4 years

Experiencia en este puesto

4 years

Grado de la lesión

FATALITY