MINE FATALITY – On January 29, 2024, a miner died when his haul truck traveled over the edge of a stockpile and overturned.
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Best Practices
- Examine dumping locations before work begins to identify hazardous conditions, especially after heavy rain, or other significant weather changes.
- Always wear a seatbelt.
- Provide adequate illumination at dumping locations.
- Ensure dumping locations are properly designed, constructed, and maintained.
- Dump material at a safe distance from the edge and push the material over the edge with a bulldozer.
- Construct substantial berms as a visual indicator to prevent overtravel at dumping locations. Clearly mark dumping locations with reflectors and/or markers.
- Do not remove material from the toe of stockpiles when it would create instability at dumping locations.
Additional Information
This is the second fatality reported in 2024, and the second classified as “Powered Haulage”.
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Original article published by MSHA