Mine Fatalities

Date Mine Classification State Narrative
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 fatality 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 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.
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 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.
03/24/2010 CAYUGA MINE FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NY Employee was in dump truck waiting to be loaded with bulk salt from under 150 ton bin to transfer it to the stockpile pad on Cargill Deicing property. He was being loaded with salt when the brackets...
01/26/2010 Tehachapi Cement, LLC. POWERED HAULAGE CA Employee was walking near a line of Gypsum Bulk Delivery trucks (18 wheel T/T) and apparently stopped to lean on the rear of trailer while making phone call. Trailer moved forward, EE fell under rear...
01/22/2010 Phantom FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL KY Injury was cleaning gob in 3 left with continous miner, he started backing out of crosscut when corner of rib rolled off on him receiving a fatal injury to his upper torso. Size of rib striking he was...
01/09/2010 Freeport McMoRan Miami Inc FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS AZ Employees were placing 24"" HDPE pipe, when the pipe suddenly shifted and rolled on top of one of the workers. He was treated and stabilized at the scene. He was subsequently transported to a hospit...
01/02/2010 Bull Mountains Mine No 1 POWERED HAULAGE MT 1ton dodge truck was up on jack stands with front wheels off ground,employee was under front of truck bleeding the power steering system,he asked another employee to get in truck and start the engine....
12/16/2009 Sandlick II FALL OF ROOF OR BACK KY Employee was operating a remote control continuous miner. He was struck by a rock. He did not survive the injuries.
12/12/2009 Pe Southern Pike Co POWERED HAULAGE KY On December 12, 2009 at approximately 6:38 am, a pre-dawn, low temperature accident occurred on a haulage road at PE Southern Pike Co. The driver of DT 178 exited the loaded coal truck, resulting in h...
11/23/2009 No 7 Mine OTHER AL Employee was traveling #2 Longwall Bleeders and when he did not check in, we sent someone in to look for him. He was found unresponsive with no vital signs. The cause of death is still being investiga...
11/23/2009 Upper Second Creek Portals HOISTING KY Two employees were struck by the boom of the pivoting hoist. At this point in the investigation, it appears that the boom or boom hoist ropes came in contact with an adjacent structure as the boom was...
10/27/2009 North Eagle Mine HOISTING WV Hoisting accident, still under investigation.
10/19/2009 Boone Quarry SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON KY VICTIM WAS ON A BELT CONVEYOR TO CUT OFF A LOOSE PIECE OF BELT. HE FELL APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET TO THE GROUND BELOW. HE DIED ON JANUARY 11, 2011. HARD FROST THE MORNING OF THE ACCIDENT. FAILED TO WEAR C...
10/09/2009 Premium #5 Deep Mine POWERED HAULAGE TN Truck traveling from mine site. The victim had truck in high gear, truck was out of control, he put truck in ditch and jumped out. Victim received fatal injury to head.
09/27/2009 RAY MINE POWERED HAULAGE AZ The investigation is not complete, but as of now it appears that the haul truck he was driving made contact with the safety berm and tipped on its side. The caue of the accident is unknown at this tim...
09/23/2009 MC#1 Mine SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON IL A piece of grating had been moved to insert a piece of pipe. Employee stepped in hole in grating and fell 38' down the shaft. Injury was fatal.
09/15/2009 Newport POWERED HAULAGE AR The victim was attempting to deliver an overnite package. She got out of her truck, began walking toward the loader as the operator was backing in her direction to take delivery at the truck as usual....
09/05/2009 Shannon Mine POWERED HAULAGE AL Employee had just gotten off work, he was driving out of the mine on the haul road and was trying to pass two other employees and got off the road and hit an old gate post.
08/20/2009 North Fork #6 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL VA The individual was struck by a rib roll measuring approximately 20' long X 2' thick X 4 1/2' wide causing crushing injuries.
07/28/2009 Samples Surface Mine POWERED HAULAGE WV Employee was driving a loaded hauler when he backed the hauler into a pond with no hesitation.
07/02/2009 R Arnold #1 Quarry MACHINERY PA The victim was operating a walk behind block saw on a ledge. The victim and the saw went over the 9-foot ledge and the saw fell on him. This mine closed in 2005 and the operator did not notify MSHA th...
06/23/2009 Bailey Mine FALL OF ROOF OR BACK PA Employee was in the process of setting or had set a roof jack, on the left inby corner or #60 Crosscut between the No 2 and No. 1 entry in the 4 west miner section. A piece of stone fell out of the ro...
06/20/2009 Weeks Island Mine and Mill FALL OF ROOF OR BACK LA The investigation is not complete, but as of now it appears that the employee had washed the #2 drill and was rolling up the hose when a portion of the mine roof collapsed, striking and covering him w...
06/11/2009 Viburnum #29 Mine POWERED HAULAGE MO Employee was looking for hydraulic leak and was struck in head by eject all plate. Employee received a massive head trauma and later became a fatality.
06/09/2009 D & C Mining Corporation POWERED HAULAGE KY Supply car was bringing concrete block into break to build permanent stoppings when chain broke letting supply car roll through curtain crushing foreman between supply car and 94L bridge causing fatal...
06/06/2009 Genesis POWERED HAULAGE NV Surface Mine Engineering Sampler was backing up his flatbed pickup on a a drill pattern. A Drill Operator had dismounted his drill and was walking on the pattern. The drill operator walked behind th...
05/21/2009 Friday Br. 1 POWERED HAULAGE KY Baked over dump in Rock Truck Death
05/02/2009 Active Minerals Attapulgite Mi... POWERED HAULAGE GA Employee followed none of the safety & company policies. Allowed his girlfriend on the property and up in the cab of the loader. Also, evidence is pointing to drugs or alcohol. Awaiting the toxicology...
05/01/2009 C & P SAND & GRAVEL, INC. MACHINERY TX Employee was trying to untangle cable while it was still on and rotating. Arm was then caught in spool of winch and torn off body which caused his death.
04/21/2009 Shiloh Sand & Gravel, Inc. FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS TN Employee was pinned between concrete structure and wall of hole.
04/14/2009 Amrize Ste Genevieve Plant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON MO Employee fell approximately 100 feet while dismantling a suspended Safway Systems scaffold. The accident is still under investigation.
04/07/2009 North Des Moines Plant ELECTRICAL IA Employee was connecting power cord that feeds the dredge.
04/02/2009 Burton Bend Mine POWERED HAULAGE AL Employee was standing on the left side catwalk of a 777F rock truck, near the rear of the cab, when the dump bed came down, crushing him between the bed and the catwalk handrail.
03/19/2009 Ivanhoe Concentrator OTHER NM Employee got out of cab and stepped toward window & knee gave out. Employee did not slip or trip, footing was good, maintained 3 point contact, from a flat surface, but as employee shifted his weight...
03/06/2009 Dolet Hills Lignite Company MACHINERY LA A dragline oiler had been walking the 1570 dragline. He was last seen near the end of a walkway and was later found between the shoe and the revolving frame. There were no witnesses to the event. The...
02/26/2009 Covol Fuels No. 2, LLC SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON KY Installing a rolling steel door, the victim was on a stepladder - Lost his balance and fell approximately 7 feet landing on a concrete floor. He died from his injuries. He was taken by helicopter to t...
02/19/2009 Cantera Carolina Pta #3 MACHINERY PR Employee was walking at the plant facilities, a cornerstone of the crane collapsed, hitting the employee directly to the body and falling down. Employee was wearing safety equipment as required (capac...