Mine Fatalities

Date Mine Classification State Narrative
02/17/2009 Prairie Eagle-Underground HANDLING OF MATERIALS IL A truck driver was delivering a load of lumber to the mine site. While the fork truck operator was unloading the truck, the truck driver walked around the other side of the truck when the fork truck o...
02/06/2009 Republic Energy POWERED HAULAGE WV Truck out of control, driver not wearing seatbelt, ejected & crushed.
01/31/2009 Sherwin Alumina, L.P. MACHINERY TX Hydroblasing nozzle exited pipe striking employee.
01/17/2009 Princeton Specialty Products FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS KY Employee entered area of accident by foot deviating from procedure. Was found later in bottom of hopper engulfed by stone.
01/06/2009 Redlands Rock Plant FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS CA The victim was operating a skid steer loader underneath a belt conveyor that was being dismantled. A co-worker was in an elevated manlift & was using a cutting torch to remove a piece of 4"" metal tub...
12/29/2008 Marshall County River Loadout OTHER WV A death of an employee occurred on or in the Ohio River. The death is still under investigation & the autopsy report has not been released. The cause is unknown at this time. Report is being filed und...
12/11/2008 Warrior Preparation Plant MACHINERY KY Victim was in operation of Genie S-85 aerial lift when the lift became caught on exterior wall girt of building under construction. In an attempt to free the caught basket the machine's boom reacted a...
12/07/2008 Thunder Ridge OTHER KY Owner of J&P equipment cleaning was working on a steam cleaning engine when one of his employees noticed that he was slumped over the engine. This is still under investgation by MSHA.
11/17/2008 SHOP POWERED HAULAGE IA While repairing a gate post, three employees, using a service truck and a Cat 950B loader, ""to reshape the post"". While the loader was moving into position its brakes failed and overran his intended...
10/29/2008 Copperton Concentrator FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS UT All we know is a call came 10/29/08 about 8:00 a.m. that we had a fatal accident at Kennecott; our driver was killed by a pipe falling off the top of load on trailer. All Bob Orton Trucking does is ha...
10/28/2008 Wyodak Mine POWERED HAULAGE WY Employee received fatal crushing injuries while operating haul truck, parked in line waiting to be loaded at the shovel. The employee exited the cab and was standing behind the cab, between the cab an...
10/22/2008 A M & E Coal Incorporated Mine... MACHINERY KY Building a road when dozer overturned. Zero witnesses to accident. Dozer rolled down steep 80 foot incline.
10/19/2008 MARSHALL COUNTY MINE POWERED HAULAGE WV Employee was disconnecting drawbar from dolly on outby end when trail motor collided with dollies and pushed dollies and employee into outby motor fatally injuring employee.
10/17/2008 Imerys Ellijay Marble Hill Min... FALL OF ROOF OR BACK GA Victim was scaling in level 9 north 8 when a large rock fell from the roof crushing the cab of the scale machine causing fatal injuries. The accident is still under investigation by MSHA and the mine...
10/16/2008 Pattiki MACHINERY IL WHILE OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER, THE OPERATOR PINNED HIMSELF BETWEEN THE MACHINE AND A COAL RIB.
10/11/2008 Lone Star Quarry & Mill SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON MO The Employee was on the surface of a clean dry barge in daylight hours with no movement and light wind. The Ee passed through the #2 port hatch opening and made contact with the empty hopper floor. Ca...
10/09/2008 South Area FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NV Two employees (welders) were dismantling a large tool rack. The welders were cutting 8'X4""X1/4"" plate steel from the frame. The rack became unstable and tipped over on top of the employees. One empl...
10/08/2008 Justice #1 POWERED HAULAGE WV Employee was assisting in the movement of supplies at the Justice Mine of Independence Coal Company, Inc. During this process he was apparently pinned between a parts car loaded on a rail car and a ri...
10/07/2008 Hummelstown Quarry FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS PA The employee was attempting to add a piece of angle iron to the discharge gate to the surge pile feeder. After welding, the gate did not fit properly. He crawled to the gate to investigate. He asked a...
10/01/2008 Hueni Plant POWERED HAULAGE TX Employee was driving along roadway at approx. 5:30 a.m. The vehicle he was driving went through a berm and landed in approx. 45' of water. Employee was found outside the vehicle.
09/19/2008 No 1 Surface MACHINERY WV While working a steep backfill slope doing reclaimation work, the dozer operator was unable to maintain control, resulting in rollover of dozer approx 4-5 times. Although wearing seatbelt, a broken ba...
09/19/2008 East Mac & Nellie MACHINERY KY Employee was pushing material (shot rock) from a break down shot, when his dozer went over edge of highwall. At this time accident is under investigation by MSHA and OMSL.
09/01/2008 Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON AZ The victim had been instructing persons making a belt splice. He fell through a 4 foot by 6 foot opening 28 feet to the floor below.
08/22/2008 No 65 POWERED HAULAGE WV For reasons unknown at this time, the victim came out of the truck and was run over by the truck.
08/18/2008 COOLSPRING MINING INC MACHINERY PA The contract employee was helping to install a counterweight on Gradall XL5110 Scaler. As the weight was lifted into place, one of the connector links of the chain used for lifting broke, causing one...
08/15/2008 RAY MINE ELECTRICAL AZ Employee (electrician apprentice) and a co-worker (journeyman electrician) were working on a light fixture of the SX upper tailings booster when he came in contact with energized wire.
08/06/2008 Intrepid Potash East ELECTRICAL NM EE was found unconscious, with no resp or pulse pit between hydroseparator and floc building. CPR was administered and EE was transported to CMS where he was pronounced dead. Autopsy report has not be...
07/25/2008 Buchanan Mine #1 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK VA Employee was marking locations to install roof bolts, a piece of slickensided rock fell striking the employee's head and crushed his head against the drill station canopy.
07/17/2008 Butcher Branch POWERED HAULAGE KY Unknown, most likely human error. Employee passed away on 7/25/08.
07/11/2008 Nolo MACHINERY PA From accounts of person involved in accident, EE was preparing to tram Feeder onto belt tail during 3 East belt move when power cable for Feeder was dropped. It appears it fell across tram controls u...
06/16/2008 Harmony Mine FALL OF ROOF OR BACK PA Fatality due to roof fall at the face of a working section. **The fall pinned the victim between the roof fall and the coal rib. Retreat mining was taking place in the 003-0 section at the time. Fall...
06/05/2008 Harrison County Mine POWERED HAULAGE WV Employee was involved in a fatal rail haulage accident. The accident investigation is on-going. EE-fatally injured while transporting two flats of supplies along the 3-west track haulage. Other ee dis...
06/03/2008 Gibson Mine FALL OF ROOF OR BACK IN Employee was installing the second roof bolt on the right when a large rock fell from the roof (10' x 5' x 8""-10"") pinning him to the roof bolter. An MSHA investigation is ongoing.
06/03/2008 Job #49 MACHINERY KY A tree split & fell onto the victim, pinning him between two trees.
05/31/2008 Empire State Mines FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NY Miner was drilling a slab shot when the roof collapsed in on him causing fatal injuries.
05/30/2008 Leer South Mine POWERED HAULAGE WV The victim was walking in an outby direction on the outby side of the scoop, which was being trammed over the victim resulting in fatal crushing injuries.
05/27/2008 Lake Herman Quarry POWERED HAULAGE CA EE was backing up on stockpile to dump loaed 775D rock truck on oneway stockpile. Rock & truck backed over end of stockpile. Truck flipped over backwards and landed upside down about 30' below. No dam...
05/22/2008 Greenwade SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON TX Based on investigation it is belived that EE climbed up on top of the pan feeder on an extec crusher while it was in operation. This was in violation of company policy & training. EE went through the...
05/22/2008 Oak Grove Mine POWERED HAULAGE AL employee was caught between two pieces of equipment resulting in fatal injuries
05/16/2008 Aracoma Alma Mine #1 ELECTRICAL WV While atempting to repair a shuttle car without determining that the trailing cable was de-energized and without locking-out and tagging the power source. EE received fatal injries when he cut into an...
05/03/2008 Ahart's Hauling MACHINERY KY EE dug some holes in water, then the ground gave way and the excavator turner over onto side, trapping EE inside.
04/24/2008 Pattison Company, LLC POWERED HAULAGE IA Employee was backed over by the 988H loader, when the loader operator was backing the machine to turn around.
04/22/2008 OSAKA FALL OF ROOF OR BACK VA The victim was positioned next to the continuous mining machine operator in the No. 7 Heading of the 1 North (about 95'inby S.S.#597). The final shuttle car was being loaded from the face of the place...
04/21/2008 GETCHELL MINE FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NV While repairing hydraulic hose on bolter backfill fell in striking employee.
04/18/2008 Little Toby Mine MACHINERY PA The victim placed himself where he could get hit by the mining machine.
03/12/2008 Alloy Prep Plant #1 MACHINERY WV Victim was removing a machine bottom guard (belly pan) on a Caterpillar D-10 N dozer. Apparently the chain he was using to hold the belly pan while he was removing the bolts that held it in place slip...
03/09/2008 Warrior Preparation Plant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON KY While walking outside the warehouse door, next to the loading dock, EE stepped onto the slope part of the loading dock and encountered black ice that could not be seen in the darks. He slid back and l...
02/29/2008 Maverick Materials LLC SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON TX Truck Driver/Customer(350 pounds plus)lost his balance & fell down stairs (older man who just got off light duty work status for his company. Still dealing with high blood pressure.) He was hospitaliz...
02/25/2008 Nolo POWERED HAULAGE PA EE traveled to get backsight in order to advance survey station in the #5 entry of the 2nd Butt Right off of South Mains section. The backsight was outby a run-thru check curtain. He was struck by a l...
02/25/2008 Wash Plant MACHINERY WI The victim was using an excavator to free a dragline from an ice-covered pit floor. The excavator traveled over an ice-covered, 10 feet deep ditch and broke through the ice. The victim was ejected and...