Mine Fatalities

Date Mine Classification State Narrative
02/26/2004 North Indianapolis Quarry & Mi... SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON IN EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE 4TH FLOOR OF SCREEN TOWER. A GUARD RAIL WAS REMOVED TO LOWER A PIECEOF SCRAP TO THE GROUND. AFTER SCRAP WAS LOWERED,EMPLOYEE WAS BELIEVED TO BE THROWING ANOTHER PIE CE TO T...
02/10/2004 Raw Coal Mine No 1 POWERED HAULAGE WV EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A BATTERY POWERED, TRACK MOUNTED MANTRIP. UPON ENTERING THE MINE, THE WHEELS OF THE MANTRIP APPARENTLY LOCKED UP AND THE VEHICLE BECAME OUT OF CONTROL. THE MANTRIP STRUC K A MET...
02/10/2004 No 1A Surface Mine POWERED HAULAGE WV Employee was driving a service truck down the Colony Bay access road. Just past CP-4, employee stated he lost his brakes and was the road clear. The truck apparently hit the bank at the padded pond an...
02/08/2004 GRAYMONT (PA) INC. PLEASANT GA... SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON PA DRIVER CAME OFF THE TOP OF THE TRAILER STRIKING THE GROUND
02/05/2004 Ruby Energy ELECTRICAL WV ELECTRICIAN WAS FATALLY ELECTROCUTED WHILE REPAIRING A MINER CABLE. THE CABLE WAS NOT LOCKED AND TAGGED OUT BY THE ELECTRICIAN.
02/03/2004 Calvary No. 80 MACHINERY KY THE VICTIM WAS OPERATING AN AERIAL BOOM TRUCK INSIDE THE BUCKET TO DISMANTLE A SHOP BUILDING. THE VICTIM & TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE USING THE BOOM OF THE BUCKET TRUCK TO LIFT UP WOODEN 4X6 POST. THE P...
02/01/2004 Big Island Mine & Refinery MACHINERY WY WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE FIRST HALFPASS, THE VICTIM EXITED THE BOLTER COMPARTMENT AND WAS THEN PINCHED BETWEEN THE MINER TAIL AND THE RIB. ACCIDENT RESULTED IN DEATH TO THE EMPLOYEE.
01/30/2004 Khani K100/Metso Crusher & Scr... FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NM A METAL PLATE - 15' X 8' X 1"" THICK WAS LEANING TOWARD PLANT. WE BEILIEVE VICTIM WAS TWISTING A CABLE ATTACHED TO PLATE TO REMOVE SLACK WHEN THE PLATE FELL ON HIM. IT RESULTED IN VICTIM'S DEATH.
01/29/2004 Amrize Holly Hill Plant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON SC EE WAS WORKING WITH A CREW UNDERNEATH THE TABLE OF THE RAW MILL. HE LEFT THE WORK AREA AND HAD TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET DOWN AN ADJACENT DUCT WHEN HE FELL INTO A PILE OF FLY ASH INSIDE THE DUCT...
01/22/2004 Pinnacle Mine POWERED HAULAGE UT THE VICTIM WAS OPERATING DIESEL TRACTOR PULLING A WATER TRAILER. HE DROVE TO THE SURFACE AREA AND PARKED THE TRAILER. HE THEN PULLED AWAY FROM THE TRAILER AND RAN INTO A LONGWALL SHIELD WHICH WAS STOR...
01/03/2004 SUFCO MACHINERY UT VICTIM WAS HELPING MOVE AN IRON-BOUND SHIELD ON THE 3LPE LONGWALL FACE. CHAIN SLINGS WERE CONFIGURED TO ATTACH THE IRON BOUND SHIELD TO THE CONVEYER. THE VICTIM GOT ONTO THE IRON-BOUND SHIELD AND ATTE...
12/20/2003 Scott Pit POWERED HAULAGE AL TRUCK DRIVER DID NOT PUT SAFETY BAR UP OR BLOCK OFF DUMP BODY FROM COMING DOWN ON HIM. HE THEN GOT UP ON TRUCK UNDERNEATH BODY WHERE HE HAD NO BUSINESS. BEING WHICH RESULTED IN HIS DEATH. HE WAS TOLD...
11/23/2003 Weekly Bros Inc MACHINERY OR THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT WITNESSED BY ANY PERSON. I BELIEVE THAT THE WORKER WAS PRYING OR ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR A ROCK JAM IN THE CRUSHER. IT APPEARS THAT HE DROPPED A PRY BAR AND THE BAR WAS EJECTE D FROM...
11/19/2003 Goldstrike Mine OTHER NV THE EMPLOYEE WAS ENGULFED BY HOT CALCINE FROM THE NORTH ROASTER, THEN FELL APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET TO CONCRETE FLOOR. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE E.R. WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
11/10/2003 #17 MACHINERY KY THE VICTIM WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CUTTING TREE, CLEARING BRUSH. THE TREE SPLINTERED, STRIKING THE VICTIM.
10/30/2003 Michigan Bluestone POWERED HAULAGE MI ANOTHER EE WAS DRIVING A KAWASAKI K2110-II LOADER AND WAS BACKING UP WHEN INJ EE DROVE HIS S10 PICKUP BEHIND THE LOADER. THE IMPACT CAUSE IMMEDIATE DEATH TO THE EMPLOYEE. DRIVER OF THE L OADER WAS NOT...
10/24/2003 Hacker's Creek Mine No 1 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK WV A FATAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED TO EE AS HE WAS RUNNING THRU AN INTERSECTION OF #3 ENTRY IN THE 1 LEFT SECTION. HE HAD BEEN SETTING BREAKER POSTS ON THE PILLARLINE WHEN HE HEARD THE TOP RUMBLING AN D HAD M...
10/22/2003 Deep Mine # 7 MACHINERY VA THE OPERATOR HAD ALREADY BACKED THE CONTINUOUS MINER BACK AND DROPPED HIS CABLE. AS HE WAS TRAMMING TO SET UP FOR THE END CUT OF THE NO. 6 BLOCK HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CONTINUOUS MINER AND THE RIGH...
10/01/2003 Red Bluff Pit MACHINERY AL EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CRANE TO MOVE A GENERATOR THAT WAS POSITIONED ON THE BANK OF A SETTLING POND. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE MOVED THE GENERATOR WITH THE CRANE, THE CRANE TIPPED OVER. THE CAB WAS CRUSHED...
10/01/2003 HOLLY PIT POWERED HAULAGE CO THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A FORKLIFT. THE GROUND SLOUGHED OFF SENDING THE EMPLOYEE AND THE FORKLIFT INTO THE POND.
09/29/2003 East Miami Pit POWERED HAULAGE OH OPERATOR DID NOT SEE THE VICTIM ON FOOT BEHIND HIM WHILE BACKING DOWN RAMP LEADING TO FEED THE HOPPER. THERE WAS ONE VICTIM INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT.
09/26/2003 Sandy Flat Quarry MACHINERY SC TIRE SERVICE TECH WAS POSITIONING A 50 TON DUMP TRUCK TIRE WHEN THE TIRE FELL FROM THE BOOM CLAMP TRAPPING TECH BETWEEN TIRE AND BOOM TRUCK BED AND FRAME. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BOOM TRUCK BUT FA TALLY I...
09/22/2003 Amrize Holly Hill Plant FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS SC CAVE IN OF EXCAVATION.
09/17/2003 Twilight Mtr Surface Mine POWERED HAULAGE WV PORTAL VAN PULLED IN FRONT OF A 190 EUCLID ROCK TRUCK. THE TRUCK PULLED INTO THE VAN, CRUSHING THE VAN. IT WAS DARK AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
09/17/2003 Twilight Mtr Surface Mine POWERED HAULAGE WV PORTAL VAN PULLED IN FRONT OF A 190 EUCLID ROCK TRUCK. ROCK TRUCK PULLED INTO VAN, CRUSHING THE VAN. IT WAS DARK AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
09/09/2003 Belle Ayr Mine POWERED HAULAGE WY VICTIM'S 3/4 TON PICK-UP TRUCK WAS PULLING SHOVEL TRAILING CABLE AND HAD BECOME STUCK OR THERE WAS LOSS OF TRACTION; THERE WAS A 2ND PICK-UP HOOKED UP TO THE 1ST TRUCK WITH A 1""NYLON ROPE. TH E ROPE...
09/09/2003 T&W #1 MACHINERY KY VICTIM BACKED THE DOZER OVER THE EDGE OF THE HIGHWALL, RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES WHEN HE WAS EJECTED & THEN CRUSHED BY THE SIDE (PUSH ARM) OF THE DOZER.
09/05/2003 No 2 Surface EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE VA EMPLOYEE'S WERE CUTTING THE TOP OUT OF A 55 GAL.DRUM. AN EXPLOSION TOOK PLACE. THE DRUM WAS BEING CUT INSIDE OF A LOADER BUCKET.
09/01/2003 Cinder Lane Quarries POWERED HAULAGE TN EMPLOYEE TRAVELING DOWN AN INCLINE ROAD INTO QUARRY LOST CONTROL OF MACHINE AND OVERTURNED. HE SUFFERED A FATAL INJURY.
08/21/2003 DELIGHT PLANT MACHINERY AR THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO LOAD CONVEYOR SHUTTLE, LOAD WAS SUSPENDED IN AIR SO TRUCK COULD BACK UNDER IT. CRANE STARTED SWINGING AND TILTING ALLOWING LOAD TO FALL. LOAD STRUCK EMPLOYEE.
08/20/2003 CARDINAL FALL OF ROOF OR BACK KY THE SECTION FOREMAN ON #2 UNIT WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A SECTION OF MINE ROOF THAT FELL BETWEEN TWO ROWS OF ROOF BOLTS. HE AND THE MINER HELPER WERE PULLING A MINER CABLE INT O POSIT...
08/09/2003 Colado Plant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NV EMPLOYEE WENT ON TO THE TOP OF WAREHOUSE #4 TO CHECK OUT THE WATER COOLER WITHOUT FALL PROTECTION. EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON SKYLIGHT AND FELL TO WAREHOUSE FLOOR 29 FEET BELOW. FALL RESULTED IN FATA LITY OF...
07/22/2003 Getchell Pit ELECTRICAL WA BOOM TRUCK OPERATOR APPARENTLY SWUNG LOAD NEAR POWERLINE. EMPLOYEE LENDING A HAND TO UNHOOK LOAD WAS ELECTROCUTED.
07/19/2003 Upper Big Branch Mine-South ELECTRICAL WV EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REPAIRING #3 SHUTTLE CAR CABLE. POWER TO CABLE HAD BEEN TAGGED & LOCKED OUT. HE WAS DISCOVERED LYING ON HIS BACK & NOT BREATHING. CPR WAS ADMINISTERED AND HE WAS TRANSPO...
07/02/2003 Henderson County Mine MACHINERY KY ON JULY 2ND, 2003, EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN THE NECK BY A PROJECTILE WHILE CUTTING COAL WITH A CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE. PRELIMINARY FINDINGS SUGGEST THE VICIM WAS STRUCK BY A SMALL PIECE OF METAL FROM...
06/26/2003 Guthrie Creek Mine POWERED HAULAGE AL EE BACKED UP TO THE DUMP AREA AND DID NOT STOP.
06/23/2003 Craney Mine MACHINERY IN EE & CO-WORKER WERE GOING TO MOVE A LARGE PIECE OF METAL TO BLOCK UP A LOADER. COWORKER WAS IN THE LOADER AND THE BUCKET WAS IN THE AIR. EE DIRECTED COWORKER IN THE LOADER AND SIGNALED HIM TO STOP. CO...
06/20/2003 Raptor POWERED HAULAGE KY EMPLOYEE WAS INADVERTANTLY OVER RAN BY A SCOOP.
06/14/2003 San Emidio Plant MACHINERY CA THE VICTIM WAS POSITIONING THE WEDGE BAR AND BOLT ASSEMBLY TO SECURE THE UPPER PLATE IN A STATIONARY JAW CRUSHER. APPARENTLY THE LINER SHIFTED AND FELL, STRIKING THE VICTIM.
06/13/2003 #1 EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS KY AT 12:30 PM A RIGHT BREAK OFF THE #4 ENTRY SHOT OUT THROUGH AN EXISTING HOLE IN THE RIB OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SHOT INTO THE PARALLEL BREAK, SHOOTING COAL ONTO THE DRILL OPERATOR, DRILL HELP ER AND...
06/13/2003 Beaver Valley ELECTRICAL PA WHILE TROUBLE SHOOTING MAIN OUTSIDE SUBSTATION, EMPLOYEE CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIGH VOLTAGE RESULTING IN DEATH.
06/09/2003 Calvary No. 80 MACHINERY KY THE VICTIM WAS OPERATING A BOOM TRUCK, ASSISTING IN THE TAKING DOWN OF A LINE DROP TOWER FROM AN ELECTIRCAL SUBSTATION. THE WINCH ROPE BROKE CAUSING HIM TO BE THROWN FROM THE BUCKET OF THE BOO M TRUCK...
06/02/2003 Sandersville Mine FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS GA EMBANKMENT CAVE IN RESULTED IN PINNING VICTIM IN FROM CHEST DOWN THUS CONSTRICTING BREATHING WHICH ACCORDING TO CORONER RESULTED IN ASPHYXIATION.
05/21/2003 South Columbus Aggregate Plant ELECTRICAL OH EMPLOYEE (FOREMAN) DID NOT TURN POWER OFF AND LOCK OUT 486 VOLT ELECTRIC BOX. CUT CABLE AND MADEA SPLICE. WAS ELECTRICUTED. TAKEN TO MOUNT CARMEL HOSPITAL. WE WERE NOTIFIED OF HIS DEATH APPROX 2:00 PM...
05/15/2003 Salisbury Shop MACHINERY NC TWO EMPLOYEES WERE IN THE PROCESS OF ASSEMBLING THE FRAMEWORK OF A SCREEN TOWER. WHEN ONE SIDE FRAME WAS SET WITH A 15 TON BRIDGE CRANE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT SOME ALIGNMENT WAS NEEDED BEFORE THE SIDE...
04/27/2003 PC WV Synthetic Fuel #1 LLC IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST WV SERIOUS BURNS TO HIS BODY AND LUNGS.
04/25/2003 Pembroke Sand & Gravel MACHINERY NH EXCAVATOR WAS POSITIONED ON TOP OF EMBANKMENT WITH TRACKS LONGITUDINALLY WITH BANK. BANK GAVE OU TIPPING EXCAVATOR ON OPERATOR SIDE OF MACHINE.
04/21/2003 North Marion Quarry #27116 POWERED HAULAGE KS THE EMPLOYEE WAS PINNNED BETWEEN THE FRONT BUMPER OF A PICKUP AND A FILING CABINET. THE PICKUP WAS DRIVEN BY THE PLANT MANAGER WHILE HAVING A SEIZURE. THE EE DIED AS A RESULT OF HER INJURI ES.
04/16/2003 Crusher #1 MACHINERY NM EMPLOYEE REMOVED THE GUARD DIRECTLY OVER THE JAWAREA AND ACCESSED THE RAMP WHILE IT WAS STILL MOVING, RESULTING IN THE LEG FRACTURE.
04/15/2003 Crown III Mine MACHINERY IL HE WAS OPERATING THE MINER ON REMOTE CONTROL AND MOVING IT TO START THE CLEAN-UP PROCESS. HE PINNED HIMSELF BETWEEN THE MINER AND THE RIB.