Shuttle Car Operator

#2 shuttle car was traveling back toward #5 entry to turn down towards feeder, and the #3 shuttle car was already traveling this entry when the #2 car came thru the fly pad they contacted the operators compartment of the #3 car injuring the operator. The EE died on 2/21/21, autopsy results state EE died as the result of a thromboembolism.

Texto original en inglés de la MSHA

On January 22, 2021, at 7:44 a.m., Justin L. Lafferty, a 38-year-old shuttle car operator with approximately 11 years of mining experience, was injured when another shuttle car struck the operator’s compartment of the shuttle car he was operating. On February 21, 2021, Lafferty died as a result of the injuries sustained during the accident. The accident occurred because the mine operator did not have policies or procedures in place to assure safe underground haulage when: 1) mobile equipment traveled through a transparent ventilation curtain (flypad), and 2) shuttle cars from different mechanized mining units (MMU) shared a common intersection where flypads are used.

1. The mine operator did not have policies or procedures in place to assure safe underground haulage when: 1) mobile equipment traveled through flypads; and 2) shuttle cars from different MMUs share a common intersection where flypads are used.

   Acción correctiva: The mine operator revised their approved ventilation plan addressing haulage equipment traveling through flypads. The revision includes discontinuing the practice of shuttle cars from different MMUs sharing a common intersection where flypads are used. Mine management trained all miners on the revised policies and procedures which were incorporated in the Approved Ventilation Plan. Miners also received training on Safeguard No. 9291763 issued as a result of the investigation (see Enforcement Actions item 2).

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

Actividad al momento del incidente

Shuttle Car, Ram Car, Buggy

Subunidad / ubicación

UNDERGROUND

Ubicación subterránea

INTERSECTION

Método de minería

Continuous Mining

Tipo de accidente

Golpeado por objeto motorizado en movimiento

Fuente de la lesión

MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY

Naturaleza de la lesión

OTHER INJURY,(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Parte del cuerpo afectada

MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)

Experiencia minera total

11 years

Experiencia en esta mina

0 years

Experiencia en este puesto

7 years

Grado de la lesión

FATALITY