Mining Fatality – 23.10.2020
Country:
Undisclosed
Company:
Undisclosed
Industry:
Mining
Year:
Type:
Personnel Injury
Consequence:
Fatality
| Location | USA | Date | 10.23 |
Miner died after being struck by a battery-powered scoop. He had parked his shuttle car in an intersection and was exiting when a scoop went through a ventilation curtain in an adjacent crosscut and struck him.
- Install and maintain proximity detection systems on mobile section equipment.
- Use transparent curtains for ventilation controls on working sections.
- Communicate your presence and intended movements. Wait until miners acknowledge your message before moving your equipment.
- STOP and SOUND an audible warning device before tramming equipment through ventilation curtains.
- Avoid areas where equipment operators cannot readily see you.
- Wear personal strobe light devices to increase visibility.
