{"id":9166,"date":"2024-12-06T18:18:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T18:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/?p=9166"},"modified":"2024-12-06T18:18:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T18:18:36","slug":"msha-reports-27th-fatality-of-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/06\/msha-reports-27th-fatality-of-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"MSHA reports 27th fatality of 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MSHA reported that on Nov. 16, a miner at Ervin Hill Enterprises Inc., Highland County, Ohio, died when he became entangled in a log washer. The miner was last seen standing on a deck and using a water hose to wash material out of the log washer to clear a blockage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the 27th fatality reported in 2024, and the fourth classified as \u201cMachinery.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MSHA recommends the following best practices to avoid this type of accident:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>De-energize machinery and block moving machine parts from hazardous motion before conducting maintenance or repairs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ensure miners are in a safe location before moving equipment and components.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identify hazards associated with the task, review those hazards with all miners involved, and implement measures to protect miners.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Train all miners in the recognition of hazards and safe performance of tasks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSHA reported that on Nov. 16, a miner at Ervin Hill Enterprises Inc., Highland County, Ohio, died when he became entangled in a log washer. The miner was last seen standing on a deck and using a water hose to wash material out of the log washer to clear a blockage. This is the 27th fatality reported in 2024, and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[3478,158],"coauthors":[1644],"class_list":["post-9166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ervin-hill-enterprises-inc","tag-msha"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9166"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9167,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9166\/revisions\/9167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9166"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=9166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}