An employee operating a Caterpillar 770 haul truck hauling material to repair the road to the stripping area. As the employee dumped the load the bed contacted overhead powerlines. The employee exited the truck to extinguish a fire. Upon returning to the truck EE reached for the handrail. When EE touched the truck, EE was electrocuted.
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Showing all 6Miner was using a man lift basket to observe feed to cone crusher at a height of 28 feet. The miner was wearing fall protection harness and a retractable lanyard but was not secured/tied off to the man lift basket. The miner was ejected from the man lift basket to the surface below.
Disassembling a crushing plant. two employees were attempting to remove the motor that drove the hazmac crusher by using a boom truck. The motor became stuck on the motor mount bolts that had been cut off using a torch. The employees then tried to pry it from its stuck position when it freed and came forward.
PUGMILL OPERATOR AND WELDER, CUTTING OUT THE REAR PLATE OF THE PUGMILL TUNNEL FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE TUNNEL. MATERIAL ABOVE THEM SLOUGHED OFF TRAPPING THE OPERATOR AT THE WAIST AND COMPLETELY BURYING THE WELDER. EMP WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE OPERATOR PULLED MUSCLES IN LEFT LEG, AND WAS TREATED FOR SHOCK.
EE WAS PREFORMING BUILD UP WELDING INSIDE THE MISSOUR ROGER 4654 PRIMARY CRUSHER. HE DID NOT FOLLOW SAFETY PRODCEDERES REQUIRING HIM TO LOCK OUT THE ELECTRIC SERVICE TO THE CRUSHER. APPEARS PO SSIBLE THAT THE ARC FROM WELDER MAY HAVE CAUSED SOME WIRING INT HE STARTING CUIRIT TO FUSE, CAUSING THE CRUSHER TO START.
EMPLOYEE SUFFERED RUPTURED AORTA, SPLEEN AND LIVER, POSSIBLE SPINAL CORD FRACTURES, LARGE SCALP LACERATIONS AFTER FALLING 15' FROM INSIDE STONE BIN AND THRU BIN GATE TO THE GROUND (ADDITIONAL 12')