Coal Mine Safety and Health Report of Investigation: Surface Coal Mine, Fatal Powered Haulage Accident, July 21, 2011, P and H Mine Pro Services, Inc. (P001), Gillette, WY at Navajo Mine, BHP Navajo Coal Company, Fruitland, San Juan County, New Mexico. MSHA ID No. 29-00097

摘要

On Thursday, July 21, 2011, at approximately 9:05 p.m., Jeri L. Etsitty (Victim), a 37-year old administrative technician at the BHP Navajo Coal Company, with over four years of mining experience, was killed when she was struck from behind by a pickup truck, while she was walking on the mine access road. The pickup truck was driven by a contractor employee traveling to the mine site with a delivery. The accident occurred as Etsitty and another female technician were walking with the direction of traffic on the paved mine access road at dusk. Etsitty and a co-worker had been walking towards oncoming traffic on the access road, but crossed to the other side of the road when they saw an oncoming vehicle approaching them. They were unaware there was a pickup truck coming up from behind them. Immediately after the oncoming truck passed, they attempted to cross the road back to the other side when Etsitty was struck by the pickup truck. The practice of employees walking on the mine access road for exercise was a contributing factor to the accident. Inadequate training also contributed to the accident.