Mine Fatalities

Date Mine Classification State Narrative
10/26/2001 Fork Creek No 1 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK WV A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE SIC RIGHT XCUT ON THE NO 2 SECTION RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF EMPLOYEE. THE FALL MEASURE 18' LONG, 15' WIDE AND 12"" THICK.
10/22/2001 RUSSELL SAND MINE OTHER FL DREDGE OPERATOR, HEART ATTACK FELL INTO THE WATER DROWNED LIFE JACKET PROVIDED AND AVAILABLE BUT NOT WORN.
10/17/2001 PLANT #6 MACHINERY IA WHILE GETTING READY TO MOVE THE EXPLOSIVE STORAGE TRAILER EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING CRIBBING AND THE BLOCKING UNDER THE TRAILER TRUCKS FAILED CAUSING THE TRAILER TO TIP AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS CRUSHE D UNDER...
10/04/2001 Sonora Environmental LLC dba B... POWERED HAULAGE AZ PER CALL TO KIM- OPERATOR WAS ON WAY DOWN TO BOTTOM OF PIT, HIS TRUCK WAS FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF PIT, NOT SURE WHAT CAUSED ACCIDENT.
10/03/2001 Bent Mountain Surface Mine #2 POWERED HAULAGE KY EE WAS OPERATING A DM600 MACK FUEL TRUCK WHEN HE APPARENTLY LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND JUMPED OUT OF THE TRUCK. IN DOING SO, HE SUSTAINED SEVERE HEAD INJURIES AND DIED ON 10-4-01. THE ACCID ENT HAP...
10/03/2001 Freeport-McMoRan Bagdad Inc POWERED HAULAGE AZ EMPLOYEE WAS KILLED WHILE OPERATING MACK LOWBOY ON MINE ACCESS ROAD, ON GOING INVESTIGATION.
10/02/2001 Ottawa Plant ELECTRICAL MN INDIVIDUAL CAME INTO CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD POWERLINE CAUSING DEATH BY ELECTRICUTION.
09/23/2001 No 5 Mine IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST AL STRUCK BY FORCE AND CONCUSSION FROM METHANE EXPLOSION.
09/23/2001 No 5 Mine IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST AL STRUCK BY FORCE AND CONCUSSION FROM METHANE EXPLOSION.
09/23/2001 No 5 Mine IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST AL STRUCK BY FORCE AND CONCUSSION FROM METHANE EXPLOSION.
09/23/2001 No 5 Mine IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST AL STRUCK BY FORCE AND CONCUSSION FROM METHANE EXPLOSION.
09/23/2001 No 5 Mine IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST AL STRUCK BY FORCE AND CONCUSSION FROM METHANE EXPLOSION.
09/23/2001 No 5 Mine IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST AL STRUCK BY FORCE AND CONCUSSION FROM METHANE EXPLOSION.
09/23/2001 No 5 Mine IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST AL STRUCK BY FORCE AND CONCUSSION FROM METHANE EXPLOSION.
09/23/2001 No 5 Mine IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST AL STRUCK BY FORCE AND CONCUSSION FROM METHANE EXPLOSION.
09/23/2001 No 5 Mine IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST AL FATALLY INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY FORCE AND CONCUSSION FROM METHANE EXPLOSION.
09/23/2001 No 5 Mine IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST AL STRUCK BY FORCE AND CONCUSSION FROM METHANE EXPLOSION.
09/23/2001 No 5 Mine IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST AL STRUCK BY FORCE AND CONCUSSION FROM METHANIE EXPLOSION.
09/23/2001 No 5 Mine IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST AL STRUCK BY FORCE AND CONCUSSION FROM METHANE EXPLOSION.
09/23/2001 No 5 Mine IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST AL STRUCK BY FORCE AND CONCUSSION FROM METHANE EXPLOSION.
09/17/2001 CARDINAL POWERED HAULAGE KY EE WAS LAST HEARD WITH A HAMMER MAKING REPAIRS TO THE CURTAIN IN THE FACE OF THE #4 ENTRY. AN ELMCO DIESEL SCOOP WAS BEING USED TO CLEAN UP AND HAUL COAL FROM A PREVIOUS ROOM SET UP TO THE ACT IVE MMU...
09/14/2001 Twilight Mtr Surface Mine MACHINERY WV EE ENTERED THE MANLIFT TO BE LOWERED TO THE GROUND, AS THE MANLIFT BEGAN TO DESCEND THE SUPPORT TUBE BROKE AND IT APPEARS TO HAVE STRUCK HE IN THIS HEAD. EMT'S ADMINISTERED FIRST AID AT THE JO B SITE...
08/31/2001 Sebastian Mine FALL OF ROOF OR BACK AR ONE FATALITY AND ONE BRUSING/SEVERE SHOCK DUE TO ROCK FALL. BOTH INDIVIDUALS STANDING ADJACENT TO A LOSE SHUTTLE CAR, ONE WATCHING MINER TRAILING CABLE, WHEN LARGE ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING ONE PER...
08/29/2001 No 4 Mine SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON AL CONCRETE FLOORING COLLASPED.
08/27/2001 Cedar Grove Mine FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL WV EE OPERATING THE CONTINUOUS MINER IN THE #5 ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK BROW FELL STRIKING HIM FROM BEHIND RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES.
08/21/2001 Winfield South Strip FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS TX A FATALITY OCCURRED AT THE WINDFIELD SOUTH MINE ON AUGUST 21, 2001 AT APPROX. 11:30 A.M. MECHANICS HAD BEEN ASSIGNED TO TURN THE DRAG ROPES AND PUT ON ONE DUMP ROPE ON THE D-22 DRAGLINE. THE D RAGLINE...
08/07/2001 Amrize Stringtown Quarry POWERED HAULAGE OK EE WAS ASSISTING IN MOVING 5 CONNECTED RAILCARS TO AN ADJACENT TRACK BY MEANS OF A WHEELL TRACTOR. THE REAR RAILCAR BECAME UNCOUPLED FROM THE TRACTOR. THE EE SIGNALED THE OPERATOR OF TRACTOR T O BACK...
07/27/2001 No 1 POWERED HAULAGE VA A CONTRACTOR PARKED HIS TRUCK IN A TURN AROUND AREA APPROX. 75 YARDS FROM STOCKPILE OF UNDERGROUND MINE. HE PLACED AN IMPROVISED STAND UNDERNEATH THE REAR OF THE TRUCK TO LEVER THE TRUCK OFF T HE GROU...
07/23/2001 Jims Branch No 3a FALL OF ROOF OR BACK WV PILLAR WORK IN THE NO.2 ENTRY THE LAST LIFT IN THE RIGHT BLOCK WAS FINISHED AND THE MINER OPR. AND HELPER WAS BACKING THE MINER OUT. A PILLAR FALL OCCURED AND FELL BEYOND THE MINER WHITCH CAUG HT THE...
07/20/2001 NO. 77 ELECTRICAL KY EE WAS FATALLY ELECTROCRATED AS HE DISASSEMBLED A CONVEYOR BELT STARTING BOX SOURCE OF POWER CAUSING DEATH IN UNKNOWN AT THAT TIME.
07/04/2001 Schoolhouse Quartz Plant POWERED HAULAGE NC AN APPARENT BRAKE MALFUNCTION CAUSED THE VICTIM TO EXIT THE CAB & WAS PULLED UNDER THE REAR WHEELS OR HE PARKED IT & CRAWLED UNDER THE BED TO CHECK A PROBLEM. EITHER SENARIO CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ROLL...
06/27/2001 Solar No 7 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK PA WHILE MINING IN THE FIRST LEFT SECTION CROSS CUT 3 TO 4 EMPLOYEE FINISHED THE CUT AND POSITIONED HIMSELF INBY LAST ROW OF BOLTS WHEN LARGE SLAB OF ROOF FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE CAUSING FATAL INJ URIES.
06/14/2001 STILLWATER MINE POWERED HAULAGE MT THE EE WAS ON ONE KNEE MAKING AN AIR HOSE CONNECTION. A OPERATOR, OPERATING A 3.5 YD SCOOP ENTERED THE WORK AREA STRIKING THE EE WITH THE BUCKETCAUSING FATAL INJURIES.
06/13/2001 Turquoise Ridge FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NV ROCKFALL DURING THE PROCESS OF LOADING A DRIFT ROUND
06/05/2001 Galena FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ID EE WAS ROCKBOLTING WHEN THE ROCKBURST HIT, COVERING THE EE WITH 8-10 FT OF BROKEN ROCK
06/05/2001 Galena FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ID EE WAS ROCKBOLTING WHEN THE ROCKBURST HIT, COVERING THE EE WITH 8-10 FT OF BROKEN ROCK
06/04/2001 STILLWATER MINE POWERED HAULAGE MT THE MINER WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE STEPPED OFF THE MUCKER HE WAS OPERATING. THE MINER PARKED THE LHD ON A 15% GRADE ON THE 66W RAMP. WHEN HE REMOVED HIMSELF FROM THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT THE LHD B...
05/29/2001 Baylor Mine FALL OF ROOF OR BACK WV CONTINUOUS MINER EXTRACTED ONE LIFT OUT OF PILLAR, BLOCK #12. AS EE AND C0-WORKER ATTEMPTED TO INSTALL THE FIRST POST, THE ROOF FELL, RODE OVER THE BREAKER POST STRIKING HIM, CAUSING FATAL INJ URIES.
05/22/2001 Eagle Valley Mine FALL OF ROOF OR BACK IL INJURED WAS PUTTING OIL IN THE CENTER GEAR CASE OF THE #11 JOY MINER ON #2 UNIT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING INJURED IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND SHOULDERS PINNING HIS HEAD ON THE M...
05/05/2001 Ellis Quarry 1 & 2 POWERED HAULAGE PA THE VICTIM WAS REPAIRING A SKID STEER LOADER WHEN THE HYDRAULICALLY-CONTROLLED LIFTING ARM WITH FORKS DROPPED, PINNING HIM TO GROUND
04/25/2001 Columbus Quarry LLC POWERED HAULAGE GA EE WAS IN BIN AS MATERIAL WAS BEING DISCHARGED.
04/25/2001 Portable Crushing Plant #5 POWERED HAULAGE CO THE VICTIM, A LOADER OPERATOR, WAS CLEANING MATERIAL FROM A STACKER CONVEYOR WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK ONE OF THE LEG SUPPORTS, KNOCKING THE CONVEYOR OVER. A SECOND LOADER OPERATOR WAS SUMMONED TO L...
04/19/2001 Powhatan No. 6 Mine POWERED HAULAGE OH EMPLOYEE WAS APPARENTLY INSPECTING CONVEYOR BELT TAKE-UP AT 2ND M.NORTH DRIVE WHEN HIS LEFT ARM BECAME ENTANGLED BETWEEN THE BOTTOM BELT AND THE STATIONARY ROLLER, CAUSING AVULSION LEFT ARM AN D FACIA...
04/16/2001 O'Neal Quarry SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON AL DRIVER CLIMBED ON BACK TIRE OF TRUCK TO FINISH TARPING HIS LOAD AND SLIPPED & FELL OFF TRUCK HITTING HIS HEAD
04/12/2001 Whites Branch MACHINERY WV A MACHINERY ACCIDENT OCCURRED RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES TO CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED CRUSHING INJURIES TO HIS UPPER BODY WHEN HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CONTINUOUS MINE R BOOM...
04/05/2001 Trixie POWERED HAULAGE UT MUCKER BUCKET CAUGHT ON RIB LEFT SIDE PINNING EE BETWEEN MUCKER & RIB
04/02/2001 Big Island Concrete & Aggregat... MACHINERY HI EE WAS OPERATING THE D-8 DOZER IN RESTRICTED AREA. OPERATING BULLDOZER NEAR THE BASE OF A 60FT HIGHWALL WHEN THE WALL COLLAPSED, BURYING HIM
03/29/2001 Upper Big Branch Mine-South FALL OF ROOF OR BACK WV EE HAD WALKED UP #2 ENTRY & INTO THE BREAKTHROUGH BETWEEN #2 & #3 PILLAR BLOCKS TO WHERE A SCOOP HAD BEEN PARKED. THE FOREMAN & SCOOP OPERATOR WERE IN FRONT OF SCOOP PREPARING TO SET TIMBERS. EE CALLE...
03/20/2001 STILLWATER MINE FALL OF ROOF OR BACK MT THE EE FINISHED DRILLING THE LEFT RIB, WAS STILLBOLTING WHEN HE LEFT HIS JACKLEG,HE WAS MOVING AWAY FROM HIS JACKLEG WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK CAME OUT OF THE RIGHT RIB, STRIKING EE & KNOCKING HIM TO THE G...
03/20/2001 PLANT #4 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST WI GAS BUILDUP IN SCALE PIT- EXPLOSION- THAWING OUT SCALE.