The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has issued the 22nd fatality alert of 2020 after a plant operator was struck by an excavator bucket.
The MSHA says this is the seventh fatality classified as ‘Machinery (Credit: MSHA)
The MSHA says the operator was standing on the cross beam of a grizzly hopper screen.
This is the seventh fatality classified as ‘Machinery’, the administration adds.
Best Practices:
• Never swing buckets over work areas or operator’s compartments.
• Maintain communication between equipment operators and miners on the ground.
• Maintain control of equipment while it is in operation.
• Train miners to safely perform their tasks.
