Continuous Miner Operator

Employee was tramming continuous miner from #4 heading toward #1 heading when he was caught between the conveyor boom and the rib. There were no eyewitnesses.

Texto original en inglés de la MSHA

1. The mine operator’s programs, policies, and procedures were not sufficient to prevent anyone from being positioned between the continuous mining machine and the coal rib when tramming the machine from place to place.

   Acción correctiva: An Action Plan was submitted on March 7, 2014, to MSHA by the mine operator. The provisions of the plan are summarized as follows: Retraining on the topics of Red Zone, pinch points and entrapment awareness was conducted for underground employees. A proximity detection system was installed and operational on the continuous mining machine used on the H section (003 MMU) on March 15, 2014. By March 22, 2014, the continuous mining machine used on the A section also had a proximity detection system. Before the proximity detection systems were installed, the mine operator required a spotter be present to assist with the tramming of the continuous mining machine.

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

Actividad al momento del incidente

Continuous Miner

Subunidad / ubicación

UNDERGROUND

Ubicación subterránea

FACE

Método de minería

Continuous Mining

Tipo de accidente

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

Fuente de la lesión

UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES

Naturaleza de la lesión

CRUSHING

Parte del cuerpo afectada

CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)

Experiencia minera total

5 years

Experiencia en esta mina

1 year

Experiencia en este puesto

2 years

Grado de la lesión

FATALITY