MSHA July 29, 2025 Fatality Alert
- Access Compliance
- Aug 29
- 1 min read
"On July 29, 2025, a contractor died when the excavator he was tramming toppled forward, causing the cab to land on a boulder.
Best Practices
• Maintain the boom in the direction of travel when tramming.
• Maintain control of self-propelled mobile equipment while it is in motion.
• Ensure miners operate excavators perpendicular to the slope.
• Task train miners in the safe operation and potential hazards of all equipment, including avoiding ground conditions that can cause the equipment to tip over.
• Conduct workplace examinations of all work areas prior to beginning work. This is the 17th fatality reported in 2025, and the fourth classified as “Machinery.”"
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