Mine Fatalities

Date Mine Classification State Narrative
12/12/2005 Logansport Mine FALL OF ROOF OR BACK PA Employee was mining a cut of coal when a horseback fell out causing fatal injury.
12/09/2005 Bridger Underground Coal Mine SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON WY While installing structural steel doors over coal bin EE went around safety rail without using fall protection on the door which was still attached to the crane to try to move the door & close a gap b...
12/06/2005 Wadesville P-33 POWERED HAULAGE PA The Euclid R-Haul truck Comp. No. 671 was hauling a load of stemming material to the drill bench in the Wadesville Pit. The truck went over an embankment, upset, coming to rest on the driver's side ca...
11/29/2005 SX-EW EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NM THE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO IDENTIFY LEAKS IN A PONTOON ON A PUMP BARGE. APPARENTLY HE CONNECTED A COMPRESSOR TO THE END PLATE OF THE PONTOON VIA A THREADED NIPPLE, A HOSE WITH A VALVE AND AN AIR PRESSUR...
11/18/2005 CELINA QUARRY MACHINERY TN Disassembling a crushing plant. two employees were attempting to remove the motor that drove the hazmac crusher by using a boom truck. The motor became stuck on the motor mount bolts that had been cu...
11/08/2005 Mountain View Mine POWERED HAULAGE WV AT APPROX 12:10 A.M. NOV. 8, 2005 THE OPERATOR OF A MACK TK TANDEM HAUL TRUCK WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN THE TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING EXITED THE HAUL ROAD, RAN THROUGH A GUARD RAIL AND OVERTURNED. THE HAU...
11/06/2005 Empire Mine MACHINERY MI EE and Another EE responded to a stuck pallet alarm on Unit IV cooler. He became trapped when the cooler pallet released on its own causing the dump arm and wheel to swing up and strike him in the hea...
11/04/2005 Mine #1 ELECTRICAL KY The victim was demonstrating the features of the fault wizard. During the demonstration in the mine office he received an electrical shock and collapsed.
11/04/2005 Plant No 1 POWERED HAULAGE AL The victim was being task trained to operator a haul truck and lost control of the truck while backing down a ramp. The truck ran through a berm, overturned, and fell approx. 30 feet to the bench belo...
10/28/2005 43322 POWERED HAULAGE MN Two employees were repositioning a conveyor. One was on the loader which was pulling the conveyor. The victim was directing and somehow got caught under the conveyor tire, crushing him.
10/22/2005 Goldstrike Mine SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NV Employee was looking at sump pump with another employee. He fell backwards through an open hole, falling about 12 ft. into the sump, hitting the back of his head on the way down. He was transported by...
10/18/2005 Intrepid Potash East POWERED HAULAGE NM Employee parked water wagon, got off, didn't chock wheels or set park brake. Vehicle rolled, he either slipped and fell under Rt tire or tire knocked him down and ran up on lower torso.
10/12/2005 Best Sand - Chardon SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON OH The worker fell from the bag plant roof where he had been cleaning to the truck dock approximately 17 feet below. The specific explanations for being near the edge or for falling are unknown. Weather...
09/28/2005 Stamper Underground POWERED HAULAGE MO Employee was driving a Superior Bowen's (Contractor) water truck down the slope into mine and lost control, impacting a dome out (located at 2N- 0 E/W) at the bottom of slope resulting in ramping up o...
09/27/2005 FORT GREEN MACHINERY FL (Under investigation) (Per Supervisor) Employee was assigned task of pushing overburden wall down with bulldozer. This was being done to install a water jack (floating pump) to pump out old mine cut....
09/15/2005 Texas-Lehigh Cement Plant & Qu... SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON TX Employee fell to concrete floor at base of preheater - apparently from the second level where he had been performing work. Death was apparently immediate. There were no witnesses to the accident and i...
09/13/2005 West Pittsburgh Quarry POWERED HAULAGE PA Employee was operating a 50 ton Cat end dump truck & was at dump site with his 3rd load of stone from pit. While attempting to dump the load from truck at dump site, which is elevated some 20' above t...
09/09/2005 WHITE VULCAN POWERED HAULAGE AZ Victim was operating a motorized scraper, without a seat belt. The belt was in good condition but he was not using it. He ran over a large pile of dirt and fell out of the machine. The machine ran him...
08/27/2005 Walstrum Quarry FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS CO A FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURED WHEN A MINER ATTEMPTING TO EXCAVATE MATERIAL IN A WA900 FRONT END LOADER WAS STRUCK BY A ROCK THAT ROLLED DOWN THE ANGLE REPOSE.
08/19/2005 BEP Hignite POWERED HAULAGE KY As employee was eating lunch in the pump house, a truck hit pump house causing fatal injuries.
08/19/2005 BEP Hignite POWERED HAULAGE KY Truck rolled into pump house where employees were eating lunch. Employee was fatally injured.
08/18/2005 Smith No. 1 Mine MACHINERY PA Employee was clearing trees on top of an embankment with a caterpillar d5m lgp bulldozer when the bulldozer went over the embankment coming to rest on its side.
08/13/2005 PENNSUCO QUARRY POWERED HAULAGE FL While employee was driving the haul truck, it appears he lost control of the vehicle and went over a 7 - 9 foot high berm into the lake that was approximately 70 - 80 feet deep.
08/10/2005 Shoal Creek Mine FALL OF ROOF OR BACK AL A piece of rock fell from between the pin & rib striking injured on head, shoulder & back. Victim died 11/15/05.
08/03/2005 D-14 Stillhouse FALL OF ROOF OR BACK KY Pillars were being mined on the mmu-003-0. Mining had been completed in a block and the continuous mining machine had been moved. The crew was in the process of moving the mobile roof supports from th...
08/03/2005 D-14 Stillhouse FALL OF ROOF OR BACK KY Pillar were being mined on the MMU 003-0. Mining had been completed in a block and the continous miner had been moved. The crew was in the process of moving the mobile roof supports from the area when...
08/01/2005 Halverson Gravel Pit POWERED HAULAGE CO EE WAS FATALLY INJURED.HE WAS CAUGHT IN THE 1ST RETURN IDLER AFTER THE HEAD PULLEY OF THE PRODUCT BELT UNDER THE SAND SCREEN. HIS SHOVEL WAS FOUND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF RET ROLLER & IDLER, HIS HARD HA...
07/30/2005 Goldstrike Mine POWERED HAULAGE NV Worker was fatally injured while driving a CAT 769C Water Truck along a standard mine haul road, returning to the water stand to re-fill the water tank. The water truck drifted left, onto the berm, tr...
07/21/2005 MATTHEWSVILLE GRAVEL PIT POWERED HAULAGE AZ Employee was caught in the tail pulley of feed conveyor and his hand & arm was pulled in until his chest contacted frame work. This caused him to die of asphixiation.
07/12/2005 Pratt No. 1 Mine FALL OF ROOF OR BACK AL Intersection roof fall in above roof suport in the #4 entry/belt entry in the last open crosscut causing death of a bridge operator.
06/29/2005 Macedonia Pit POWERED HAULAGE MS The employee was stripping at gravel pit. The employee had dumped his load of dirt and was returning to the load site. At this time he chose to travel over a pile of dirt. as he was traveling over the...
06/27/2005 Angell Quarry MACHINERY OR The victim was operating a track dozer to clean off a drill bench in preparation for drilling. The bench was 45 feet above the quarry floor. Apparently the victim was attmpting to turn the dozer aroun...
06/17/2005 Sky River Pit MACHINERY WA Employee was standing on a temporary platform just below a jaw crusher attempting to remove two toggle seat wedges from the pitman. Shortly after removing the two bolts holding the wedges in place, th...
06/10/2005 Tracy Lynne FALL OF ROOF OR BACK PA Employee moved roof bolter outby face to rebolt in the section. Horse back fell out causing fatal injury.
06/10/2005 Tusky POWERED HAULAGE OH Shuttle car operator stopped to talk to the shuttle car operator in the crosscut behind him. Scoop operator in crosscut in front proceeded to cross in front of shuttle car. Shuttle car operator proc...
06/06/2005 South Central Mine FALL OF ROOF OR BACK OK The victim had traveled inby permanent roof support in the #3 entry right crosscut #4 and a section of draw rock fell in the unsupported area fatally injuring the victim. The continuous miner was cutt...
06/01/2005 North River Mine POWERED HAULAGE AL Employee was discovered by section foreman caught in the pick breaker on the Stamler feeder. He suffered fatal injuries to his lower chest and mid torso.
05/31/2005 Boonesboro Quarry POWERED HAULAGE KY TRAINING IN A TRUCK WHERE THE DRIVER STATES THAT HE LOST CONTROL OF THE EMPTY CAT 773 DUMP TRUCK. THE TRUCK VEERED, RAN THROUGH THE PROTECTIVE BERM AND OFF A 70'-HIGH WALL. (TRUCK LANDED ON ITS TOP;...
05/26/2005 Hugo Sand Company Incorporated MACHINERY OH Employee was making dredge repairs using hand tools: 3/4"" ratchet & 4'-long cheater pipe. He took dredge pump apart and left the ratchet and pipe on the end of the shaft. He started the engine and...
05/23/2005 Turquoise Ridge ELECTRICAL NV 2 ELECTRICIANS INSPECTING A 13,800 VOLT TO 2400 VOLT TRANSFORMER NEAR COLLAR OF SHAFT #1. ONE ELECTRICIAN CONTACTED ONE OR MORE PHASES ON THE HIGH VOLTAGE TAPS RESULTING IN A FATAL ELECTROCUTION OF T...
05/23/2005 PLANT #2 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS WI (MSHA Report of Investigation: Loading a steel plate (5' wide x 10' long x 3/4"" thick; approx. 1,500 lbs.) onto flatbed truck using chain attached to front-end loader. The victim was on bed of the t...
05/11/2005 OHIO COUNTY MINE POWERED HAULAGE WV The victim was walking in front of the #11 scoop that was traveling in #1(intake) entry of the 14A longwall to deliver posting material to the worksite. The operator of the scoop stated that he saw th...
04/28/2005 STILLWATER MINE MACHINERY MT An employee was attempting to repair air lock doors when he received a fatal crushing injury.
04/21/2005 POINT ROCK MINE POWERED HAULAGE KY Technician was attempting to repair a steering problem on a wheel loader. He replaced steering pilot valve, started engine, raised bucket and attempted to steer machine. When it would not steer to the...
04/04/2005 Big Island Mine & Refinery POWERED HAULAGE WY EE WAS ASSEMBLING CONTINUOUS MINER(CM04) IN UPPER BED REBUILD MAINTENANCE SHOP. CREW HAD JUST COMPLETED INSTALLATION OF RIGHT HAND CUTTING HEAD MOTOR. OTHER EE OPERATING EIMCO 913 #4 WAS TRAMMING BACK...
04/04/2005 Darrel Volker Construction POWERED HAULAGE NE The victim was dumping sand and gravel into the plant grizzly with a skid loader when he over traveled the stop block. The loader rolled into the grizzly and overturned. The victim was thrown out of t...
04/01/2005 KIMBALLTON PLANT #1 MACHINERY VA Plant maintenance employees were installing a bearing housing back into the fan on the #3 coal mill. An employee was fatally injuried by one of the tools being used to install the bearing.
03/31/2005 Tiny Creek No 2 Mine FALL OF ROOF OR BACK WV Unintentional roof fall occured in the H6 entry causing fatal injuries.
03/29/2005 Mine #1 POWERED HAULAGE KY EE was backing (rear lights on) on a 636 Long Airdox Shield Hauler 1 break out by the long wall face at cross cut #88 into the #3 left cross cut where he ran over an airlock door top beam which was hi...
03/28/2005 Delta Materials ELECTRICAL TX EE was making repairs/troubleshooting inside an electrical box when he contacted an energized component.