Mine Fatalities

Date Mine Classification State Narrative
12/17/2010 S W Barrick & Sons POWERED HAULAGE MD 4 workers were taking screens out of tower early in the shift. Later, supervisor looked & saw no one so he turned the plant on. Victim was standing on a belt conveyor, working inside the chute & the b...
12/09/2010 Chico 2 Quarry SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON TX Employee had a 2"" high pressure water line blow out. Pressure of the water pushed him over handrail, causing him to fall 34 feet. Employee landed on an electrical tray, then rolled off, falling to th...
12/04/2010 Republic Energy POWERED HAULAGE WV Investigation is still going on at this time. Per preliminary report: Descending the coal haul road, victim began to lose brakes. He attempted to straddle an axle berm on his left. The truck ran up on...
11/30/2010 Portable Crusher FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS WA Maintenance was being performed on 10 wheel truck. It appears that the chain slipped causing the truck to fall striking the victim. The victim died from possible internal injuries. Still awaiting Coro...
11/23/2010 Rex Strip #1 POWERED HAULAGE KY A Mack DM-600 tandem axle lube truck was descending a grade into the active work area of the mine when the operator lost control of the truck and either jumped or was thrown from the vehicle. The truc...
11/13/2010 Hollingsworth Sand & Gravel LL... POWERED HAULAGE TX The contractor failed to use emergency brake, left tractor running and went under tractor to look at leak. The tractor rolled due to being on incline and the result was a fatal injury.
10/27/2010 RIVER VIEW MINE POWERED HAULAGE KY Employee received fatal injuries from a shuttle car that struck him while hanging a check curtain on the #6 unit, #7 entry, #11 seam. His body was discovered by the car operator upon returning from th...
10/20/2010 Simpson POWERED HAULAGE GA An over-the-road truck driver (not a miner, nor an employee) was pinned against a loading dock by a shuttle trailor that was backing up to the dock.
10/16/2010 Plant #80013 POWERED HAULAGE KS Adjusting and cleaning of a tail pulley on a 110' Masaba Conveyor LOTO was not performed by the EE before entering the tail pulley section of the conveyor. Belt was energized by the operator; EE was i...
10/11/2010 Kingston No 1 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK WV Employee had finished bolting a section of mine roof at approximately 10:30 am and was preparing to move the roof bolter out of the #1 entry when he was handed a wrench he had requested earlier. He wa...
10/10/2010 Snyder ELECTRICAL OK The investigation into the accident is on-going, but as of now, it appears as the three employees were installing ground vault indicator lights when an ach flash occurred, injuring them. The employees...
10/07/2010 Wheeler Rock Quarry POWERED HAULAGE KS Haul truck was dumping a load of dirt when the dozer operator approched from blind side to get driver's attention when he was struck by the truck and was fatally injured.
09/03/2010 Kansas Mine POWERED HAULAGE AL Truck haulage accident involving two 100 ton rear dump trucks. It appears the victim did not observe the stopped truck and struck it in the rear.
08/31/2010 Freelandville Underground POWERED HAULAGE IN At approx 5:20 pm a 40 ton articulating truck was traveling along a haulage road impacting a 63"" high berm. The truck traveled across the berm and fell 72 feet to the mine floor below. The victim was...
08/14/2010 Southwestern State Sand OTHER OK EE was loading boat onto trailer, another EE in pickup started to pull up, wheels started spinning. Other EE went to get loader and chain, when he got back EE told him that boat had floated off traile...
08/12/2010 Meikle Mine FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NV Initial investigation indicates that a 2 ft diameter pipe that carries aggregate to the mine backfill plant broke loose and struck the hoist cage.
08/12/2010 Meikle Mine FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NV Initial investigation indicates that a 2 ft diameter pipe that carries aggregate to the mine backfill plant broke loose and struck the hoist cage.
07/29/2010 Marion County Mine FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL WV Fatal injury due to a rib roll while bolting a belt trench at 240 blk 4 to 7 in 9 south.
07/09/2010 Willow Lake Portal POWERED HAULAGE IL A Supervisor was found lying in an active roadway intersection with fatal injuries that would appear to have been caused by a coal hauler running over his body. There were no eyewitnesses. The investi...
07/01/2010 Pocahontas Mine POWERED HAULAGE WV EE was walking from one crosscut outby the face in the #2 entry toward the face of the #2 entry when he was struck by the #1 shuttle car.
06/24/2010 No. 68 MACHINERY KY Employee got caught between the continuous miner and the coal rib suffering fatal injuries.
06/20/2010 RAY MINE POWERED HAULAGE AZ The investigation is not complete, but as of now it appears a haul truck struck a pick-up truck. The cause of the accident is unknown at this time.
06/18/2010 Galena FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ID Employee was barring down in raise, when a slab fell and crushed employee.
06/16/2010 D-30 Clover Fork FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL KY While directing activities to re-support ribs in an intersection, a rib roll struck a standing roof support which in turn struck the foreman in the head causing fatal injuries.
06/12/2010 Ottawa Plant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON MN Incident is still under investigation. Cause of death is unknown, awaiting autopsy report. The victim was working from an elevated location that was provided with handrails. He was using an 8 foot ste...
06/08/2010 Choctaw Mine IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST AL The Service Truck Operator was refueling a drill rig when an ignition from an unknown source resulted in fatal burns.
05/28/2010 Discovery Day Mine EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS CA 2 miners lit their fuse for a face round and then re-entered blast area prior to the mandated 1 hour wait period. When they were within 25 feet of the face, a misfire detonated. This was against compa...
05/26/2010 Pandora Complex FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL UT Blasted drift and was ready for baring down and mucking. Unknown cause of death at this time. The victim was hand scaling the north rib of the left 4500 drift when loose material fell on him.
05/24/2010 U.S. Lime Company-St. Clair MACHINERY OK Employee was working on a Raymond Roller Mill when he entered into the roller area of the mill. The mill was energized and the rollers crushed him.
05/14/2010 Knoxville Cement Plant EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE TN EE was cutting drill head from drill steel. Cutting operation resulted in fragmentation of drill steel. EE was struck by drill steel fragment resulting in his death.
05/10/2010 Ruby Energy POWERED HAULAGE WV Was loading rock out of #7 face. The shuttle car was making the turn out of the entry. EE was caught between the shuttle car and the rib.
05/05/2010 Brierfield Quarry MACHINERY AL Drill operator was fatally injured by the drill rig he was operating. The likely scenario is that the drill rig began to roll forward while he was at the back of the rig operating the controls for the...
04/28/2010 Dotiki Mine FALL OF ROOF OR BACK KY The injured miner was working at the face area when an isolated portion of the mine roof fell unexpectedly. The accident occurred in an area where roof bolts previously had been installed inby the las...
04/28/2010 Dotiki Mine FALL OF ROOF OR BACK KY The injured miner was working at the face area when an isolated portion of the mine roof fell unexpectedly. The accident occurred in an area where roof bolts previously had been installed inby the las...
04/22/2010 Beckley Pocahontas Mine MACHINERY WV Injured was tramming continuous miner from #6 Entry to #8 Right Cross Cut. While miner was moving, injured was fatally injured when caught between conveyor boom of miner and coal rib.
04/11/2010 MC#1 Mine MACHINERY IL Employee was struck when a stair stringer, secure in 4 locations, inadvertently released, striking employee in the chest area, thereby forcing him into a Genie manlift located approximately 8-10 feet...
04/05/2010 Upper Big Branch Mine-South IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST WV Victim died as a result of an explosion, cause unkown at this time. Received notification on 4/5/2010 that our employee was missing. Received notification late 4/6/2010 that employee was deceased.
04/05/2010 Upper Big Branch Mine-South IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST WV During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.
04/05/2010 Upper Big Branch Mine-South IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST WV During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.
04/05/2010 Upper Big Branch Mine-South IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST WV During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.
04/05/2010 Upper Big Branch Mine-South IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST WV During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.
04/05/2010 Upper Big Branch Mine-South IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST WV During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.
04/05/2010 Upper Big Branch Mine-South IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST WV During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.
04/05/2010 Upper Big Branch Mine-South IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST WV During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.
04/05/2010 Upper Big Branch Mine-South IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST WV During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.
04/05/2010 Upper Big Branch Mine-South IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST WV During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.
04/05/2010 Upper Big Branch Mine-South IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST WV During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.
04/05/2010 Upper Big Branch Mine-South IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST WV During a mine explosion EE was fatality injured.
04/05/2010 Upper Big Branch Mine-South IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST WV During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.
04/05/2010 Upper Big Branch Mine-South IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST WV During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.