MINE FATALITY – On September 20, 2024, a miner died after he fell approximately six feet from a front-end loader while attempting to replace a bulb on the right front headlight.
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Best Practices
- Develop and implement a Safety Program for Surface Mobile Equipment that includes actions taken to identify hazards and risks to reduce accidents, injuries, and fatalities related to surface mobile equipment.
- Identify hazards and risks.
- Take corrective actions to eliminate / reduce risks.
- Provide and maintain safe access to all workplaces and establish safe work procedures.
Additional Information
This is the 22nd fatality reported in 2024, and the third classified as “Slip or Fall of Person.”
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Original article published by MSHA