Motorman fatality at Navajo Mine (BHP Navajo Coal Company), NM, October 19, 1994

HE WAS HAULING COAL FROM LOWE STOCKPILE TO THE COAL PREPARATION PLANT DURING NIGHT SHIFT. UPON RETURNING TO LOWE STOCKPILE WITH AN EMPTY TRAIN TO PICK UP THE LAST LOADED TRAIN WHICH WAS PARKED ON THE WEST TRACK, THE OPERATOR FAILED TO STOP AT A SWITCH STATION AND SWITCH THE RAIL TO THE EAST TRACK BEFORE CONTINUING. THE TRAINED TRAVELING A AN UNDETERMINED SPEED WENT ACROSS THE SWITC

Activity at time of incident

Locomotive

Subunit / location

STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT

Accident type

Fall from machine

Source of injury

STD G RAIL CR,MTR-SURF EQ

Nature of injury

MULTIPLE INJURIES

Body part affected

MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)

Total mining experience

15 years

Experience at this mine

15 years

Experience in this job

11 years

Degree of injury

FATALITY

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