Discontinued 1/31/2014. Several Other Codes Cover Scoop Car Operator

Setting miner up to take first cut of coal when he became pinched between miner boom and rib.

Texto original en inglés de la MSHA

On March 25, 2011, at approimately 8:10 a.m. a 54 year old scoop operator was killed when he was caught between the conveyor boom of a remote controlled continuous mining machine and the coal rib. Robert L. Cook (victim) was substituting for the continuous mining machine operator. Cook was in the process of positioning the continuous mining machine in order to begin mining a crosscut when he became pinned between the end of the conveyor boom and the coal rib. The accident occurred primarily because the victim operated (trammed) the machine while he was located between the right side of the conveyor boom and the coal rib. The administrative controls and policies in place at the time of the accident were not adequate to control the practice of operating continuous mining machines from an unsafe location.

1. The mine operator did not ensure compliance with provisions of the approved roof control plan, requiring that all persons be in a safe location, away from the continuous mining machine and away from pinch points created by either the mining machine or haulage equipment, when the mining machine is in operation.

   Acción correctiva: Management trained all miners on safe work practices and procedures related to moving and operating continuous mining machines. This training was accomplished before normal mining operations resumed.

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

MULTIPLE INJURIES

Parte del cuerpo afectada

CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)

Experiencia minera total

35 years

Experiencia en esta mina

7 years

Experiencia en este puesto

30 years

Grado de la lesión

FATALITY