Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Fatalgrams For the Metal/Nonmetal Mine Accident on April 5, 2007

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METAL/NONMETAL MINE FATALITY - On April 5, 2007, a 46 year-old tire contractor, with 8 years experience, was fatally injured at a dimension stone operation. The victim was replacing tires on the front-end loader. He was pinned under the loader when it fell off the supporting jacks.

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Best Practices

Stop, Look, Analyze, and Manage (SLAM) each task to identify all potential hazards before performing maintenance work. Practice safe work habits during the entire task.
Train miners and persons hired to perform work on the mine site in safe work procedures before beginning repairs. Monitor work to ensure procedures are followed.
Securely block equipment against all hazardous motion at all times while performing maintenance work.

	Submit your own suggestion for a remedy to prevent this type of accident in the future. Please specify if you wish your submission to be anonymous or whether your name may be used. Please include the year of the fatality and the fatality number.

This is the 7^th fatality reported in calendar year 2007 in the metal and nonmetal mining industries. As of this date in 2006, there were five fatalities reported in these industries. This is the 1^st Falling Material fatality in 2007. There was one Falling Material fatality in the same period in 2006.

The information provided in this notice is based on preliminary data ONLY and does not represent final determinations regarding the nature of the incident or conclusions regarding the cause of the fatality.

For more information:

MSHA's Fatal Accident Investigation Report


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