Mine Fatalities

Date Mine Classification State Narrative
04/25/2012 KC #1 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON KY Worker took it on his self to cut belt line down without the use of the equipment that we was using to take it down with. He cut it then started walking away from it as it was falling. Then it caught...
04/11/2012 Lemon Springs FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NC Miners were removing a counterweight from an excavator, standing side-by-side, when the counter-weight dropped unexpectedly to the ground.The victim stumbled backwards,fell landed on the back of his h...
03/23/2012 Shoal Creek Mine ELECTRICAL AL Electrician was performing work on a shuttle car cable reel on the West Main Left section when his received a fatal electrical shock. The electrician came in contact with the exposed 995 volt energize...
03/20/2012 Vortex Mine FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL MT This accident has already been investigated by MSHA. The victim was found approximately 250 feet inside the mine. He was working alone and had been struck by a fall of rib.
03/17/2012 Salt Run Mine #1 MACHINERY OH Employee was directing an end loader towards himself to hook a strap to it for removal of a dolly that was used to move the hi-wall miner launch. Contributing factors were attempting to hook a 6' stra...
03/10/2012 Kingston No. 2 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL WV There were no witnesses to the event. Victim was found near a rib that had rolled and was not responsive. When found, crew members responded & performed CPR & transported the injured to the surface. T...
03/03/2012 Timber Tree #9 HANDLING OF MATERIALS KY Employee was installing a canopy on the shuttle car and the canopy fell on him striking him in the head and chest.
02/26/2012 Calvert City Terminal LLC OTHER KY A miner fell into the Tennessee River while attempting to take draft measurements on the barges parameter. EE had to cross from the permanent floating work-barge to the 1st empty barge EE was walking...
02/22/2012 WHITE ROCK QUARRIES SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON FL Employee was installing a replacement snubber pulley on the M-22 conveyor when he fell to the ground
02/14/2012 Rare Red Rock FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL AL The victim was operating an excavator with a rock breaker attachment. He was scaling rock from the highwall face when the face fell onto the cab of excavator crushing him.
01/27/2012 Amrize Hagerstown Facility POWERED HAULAGE MD While operating a skid steer loader in reverse, it overturned in body of water.
01/11/2012 Buchanan Mine #1 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE VA The IEE was operating a supp. motor and was helping move a shuttle car. Shuttle car caught a fire valve and broke the fire valve off. The damaged fire outlet was isolated from the main water supply be...
12/15/2011 Lanesboro Crushing/Lippman J 1... MACHINERY PA For unknown reasons and or witnesses the victim fell into the jaw opening and was subsequently crushed.
12/08/2011 43491 POWERED HAULAGE MN Employee was placing removable legs on a transfer conveyor. Conveyor was held in place by a loader. Removable leg fell and struck employee in the face, fatally injuring the employee.
12/07/2011 Stonega Strip #10 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL VA Excavator was working in Redwine pit, highwall collapsed causing rock to fall on excavator. This caused a fatal injury to operator.
12/03/2011 CCU Perry Strip MACHINERY OH EE was shoving top soil away from the highwall. He backed up over and through an 8 foot berm that had been constructed at the edge of the highwall. The dozer went over the wall rolling over and throw...
11/17/2011 Lucky Friday SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON ID Two miners working in an underground bin excavation were attempting to level the muckpile by blowing muck down a hole at the brow. They were both tied to retractable fall restraints when the muckpile...
11/07/2011 Mine No 9 POWERED HAULAGE KY A crib block is believed to have got lodged behind brake pedal & on accelerator pedal, causing a 2 man non-permissible personnel carrier to jump forward, pinning employee against a coal rib, causing d...
11/07/2011 Anderson Sand & Gravel LLC MACHINERY IA Employee fell into jaw crusher, resulting in his death.
11/02/2011 Mill Branch MACHINERY KY Employee was reclaiming highwall with dozer when the dozer flipped and rolled several times landing in the road. Employee was unconscious with labored breathing when they got to him.
10/31/2011 STILLWATER MINE POWERED HAULAGE MT Employee was operating a 4 yd mucker, MU452, on the 38W Level & was found fatally injured. Investigation is currently in progress.
10/28/2011 Equality FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL KY Two employees were in route to begin shift loading holes in #11 Pit. As they traveled into the West end of this pit and attempted to drive up ramp onto work area the highwall collapsed resulting in de...
10/28/2011 South Area OTHER NV While performing a section repair in sidewall of a large earthmover tire the associate was discovered unconscious and unresponsive inside the tire by a mining company worker.
10/28/2011 Equality FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL KY Two employees were in route to begin shift loading holes in #11 Pit. As they traveled into the West end of this pit and attempted to drive up ramp onto work area the highwall collapsed resulting in de...
10/17/2011 OHIO COUNTY MINE MACHINERY WV At approx 7:40pm, a haulage accident occurred on the surface area of mine. The EE was in the process of attaching a wire nip to a trolley pole of a ditch digger while apparently standing in front of t...
10/07/2011 Mine No 1 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS KY Miner was repairing broke conveyor chain on 94L bridge position himself under the bridge when it fell striking him in the chest area.
09/23/2011 GS Aggregates Freedom Mine SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NY Employee was changing screen material in a triple deck screen when he fell over the hand rail. He fell approximately 56 feet to the ground below.
09/13/2011 Plant #1 ELECTRICAL ID Co-worker was in the process of shutting down the generators, to do maintenance to the power cables. At that time employee started to unguard the power cables on the switch van out of the vision of co...
09/07/2011 Kensington EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS AK The investigation is not complete, but as of now it appears a miner was fatally injured when material that traveled through a borehole struck him after a blast was initiated. The victim was on the 129...
09/01/2011 North Antelope Rochelle Mine MACHINERY WY Drill crew was attempting to back off a stuck drill pipe. A wire rope snub line was used to secure the worm tong. The snub line failed and the tong struck the employee resulting in fatal injuries.
08/15/2011 Mountaineer II Mine FALL OF ROOF OR BACK WV The employee received fatal injuries when he was struck by a rock that fell from the mine roof. He was involved with longwall shield recovery and was building wooden cribs in an area where a shield ha...
08/09/2011 4 J's Gravel Crushing Plant 2 POWERED HAULAGE MN A miner' s arm was caught in the components of a conveyor head pulley and conveyor scraper blade assembly, resulting in fatal injury.
08/08/2011 Century Mine MACHINERY OH The victim was leaning over a base lift jack housing. The molded casing catastrophically failed striking the victim in the chest from unknown/undetectable reasons. Cause was catastrophic failure of th...
07/27/2011 Superior Cleaning Plant ELECTRICAL WV Employee was welding two pipes together at an elevated location when an apparent electrocution happened. He was working in a confined location and was probably wet with sweat.
07/11/2011 Voyager #7 POWERED HAULAGE KY Employee was operating the 15 ton Brookville track motor and his head was pinned between the canopy on the motor and a beam on an overcast.
06/29/2011 P-1 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL KY Employee was watching the cable on the dolly when the rib rolled off crushing him. Rib measured approximately 82 by 36 by 11 inches.
06/27/2011 Eagle #1 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL WV Victim was cleaning rocks and coal to set timbers along a rib line. The rib and brow fell crushing the miner. The brow measured approximately 100"" long by 32"" thick, by 37"" tall.
06/09/2011 West Elk Mine SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON CO Working on a structure 15' high & was safely tied off to structure, when he completed his work, instead of stepping onto platform from beam he was standing on while tied off - he untied and then stepp...
06/04/2011 Fort Knox Mine SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON AK Employee was working without fall protection and fell to his death.
05/14/2011 Guyan Mine MACHINERY WV 992 G end loader counterweight/fuel tank fell suddenly, pinning employee against the ground.
04/25/2011 Subtropolis FALL OF ROOF OR BACK OH An employee was struck by a slab of rock that measured approximately 8 inches to 12 inches thick by 50 to 70 inches wide by 74 inches long. The roof fall occurred at the 34 Main between crosscut 1 Nor...
04/15/2011 Lucky Friday FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ID A ground/roof fall occurred in the 6150-15 West Stope completely burying an employee under 30 feet of rock.
03/25/2011 No. 1 MACHINERY KY Setting miner up to take first cut of coal when he became pinched between miner boom and rib.
03/02/2011 Lee Creek Mine FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NC Victim was part of a crew that was welding hdpe pipe using a McElroy fusion machine. While attempting to position pipe in to fusion machine, using an excavator, the pipe struck the victim in the head...
02/24/2011 CRUSHING & SAMPLING UNIT POWERED HAULAGE UT Had just finished up workplace exam and shimming the cone, done pre-shift inspection and had blown horn for start up and around 8:19 am. Co-worker saw EE lying on conveyor belt with his legs under the...
02/12/2011 South Pasture Mine MACHINERY FL EARLY MORNING AND THE SUN WASN'T COMPLETELY UP HOWEVER IT WAS LIGHT ENOUGH FOR GOOD VISIBILITY WITH OR WITHOUT LIGHTS BEING ON. BACK UP ALARM WAS FOUND TO BE IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION. The victim was...
02/11/2011 Kayenta Mine POWERED HAULAGE AZ A scraper and a service truck collided head-on while traveling in opposite directions on a haul road. The impact ignited a fire to both equipment and resulted in fatal injuries to the service truck dr...
01/27/2011 Jims Branch No 3B POWERED HAULAGE WV The victim received fatal injuries and was found in the #4 belt head chute. There were no eyewitnesses. The circumstances surrounding and the cause of the accident are under investigation.
12/29/2010 Martinez Stone FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS TX Employee was changing right lift cylinder on the Gehl skid steer loader. Employee is believed to have been entering the cab when the fork dropped to the ground. The employee had his head caught betwee...
12/23/2010 Mid-Coast Aggregates LLC-Mazak... FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS FL The senior blaster received fatal injuries when he was conducting a post-blast examination. The accident occurred when the ground on which he was walking caved in. The circumstances surrounding the ac...