Mine Fatalities

Date Mine Classification State Narrative
03/14/2001 Ranger Fuel Preparation Plant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON WV IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VICTIM WAS MISSING SHORTLY AFTER 10:00 PM. A SEARCH BEGAN WHICH CULMINATED IN THE VICTIM'S RETRIEVAL FROM THE ""A"" RAW COAL SILO AT APPROXIMATELY 7:55 PM ON MARCH 15, 2001....
03/14/2001 No 2 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK VA EE WAS CLEANING THE RIGHT BREAK IN THE NUMBER THREE PLACE OFF EAST MAINS BY USING A SCOOP & ROCKFELL ON THE EMPLOYEE CAUSING FATAL INJURIES. THEVICTIM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY FOUR FEET INBY SUPPORTE...
03/13/2001 Still Run No. 4 ELECTRICAL WV AFTER INSTALLATION OF A BANK OF CAPCITORS ON THE HIGH VOLTAGE LINES FEEDING THE MINE SUBSTATION,EE (ACCORDING TO WITNESSES) UNPLUGGED THE 110 V CONTROL CIRCUIT FROM THE RECEPTACLE, THREW IT TO THE GRO...
02/26/2001 Amrize Portland Plant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON CO ACCORDING TO WITNESS, EMPLOYEE FELL FROM A SCAFFOLD LADDER FROM AN UNKNOWN HEIGHT.
02/16/2001 CEMEX - Paiute Pit SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NV FATALITY. NO GUARD ON OPENING OF AN ELEVATED WALKWAY. VICTIM FAILED TO FOLLOW COMPANY FALL PROTECTION PROGRAM. DID NOT WEAR SAFETY HARNESS & LANYARD & STEPPED THROUGH OPENING IN THE WALKWAY. FALL PROT...
02/16/2001 South Area POWERED HAULAGE NV EMPLOYEE WAS CONDUCTING TESTS ON HAUL TRUCK 085. WHILE THE TEST WAS BEING CONDUCTED, THE TRUCK ROLLED OVER THE CHOCK BLOCKS AND STRUCK THE DOORS OF THE SHOP. THE DOORS FELL AND STRUCK THE EMPL OYEE CA...
02/09/2001 Portable Power Screen POWERED HAULAGE WA WEATHER AND GROUND CONDITION WAS GOOD. UNDER CONVEYOR WAS WELL GUARDED. VICTIM WAS FOUND BETWEEN RETURN ROLLER AND CONVEYOR BELT UNDER SCREEN CONVEYOR. NO ONE SAW ACCIDENT.
02/02/2001 Brushy Eagle POWERED HAULAGE WV EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SUPPLY LOCOMOTIVE. THE LOCOMOTIVE WAS PULLING TWO SUPPLY CARS LOADED WITH CINDER BLOCKS AND WIRE MESH FROM ELLIS PORTALTO THE #1 SECTION. EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY LOST CONT ROL OF...
01/09/2001 CARLIN EAST POWERED HAULAGE NV A FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE 5520-237 LONGHOLE STOPE WHEN A WATER TRUCK OPERATOR BACKED OVER THE BERM AND INTO THE STOP WHICH AT THE TIME WAS BEING BACKFILLED.
12/27/2000 MILLER CREEK PREP. PLANT EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE WV EE WAS STANDING BESIDE A 8"" FROZEN SLURRY LINE. HE WAS CHIPPING ICE WHICH EXITED THE PIPE & LODGED AGAINST HILLSIDE. HE WOULD CHIP A PIECE OUT &ANOTHER WOULD COME OUT & GET LODGED. HE DID THIS ABOUT...
12/19/2000 Dupont Pit FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS WA CONCRETE BLOCK WALL FELL ON VICTIM. ACCIDENT WAS FATAL.
12/19/2000 Shade Creek Plant POWERED HAULAGE PA TWO MERCURY OWNED TRUCKS ENTERED PROPERTY TO DELIVER COAL. THE TWO TRUCKERS WERE INSTRUCTED TO AREA TO DUMP BY SCALE MASTER THEN BY THE HI-LIFT OPERATOR. THE TRUCKS BACKED PARALLEL TO EACH OTH ER TO T...
12/09/2000 AG4 Sawmill Hollow #2 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON VA DRIVER WAS ON TOP OF THE TRUCK BED REMOVING SLATE ROCK FROM THE COAL. SOMETHING HAPPENED CAUSINGTHE DRIVER TO FALL FROM THE TRUCK LANDING ON HISHEAD.
12/05/2000 Buchanan Mine #1 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON VA TECHNICIAN HAD ASCENDED A THERMAL DRYER EXHAUST STACK PLATFORM IN CONJUCTION WITH SAMPLING EMISSION ACTIVITY. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE ICE FROM THE PLATFORM WITH HIS FEET, A SECTION OF GRATI NG BROK...
12/04/2000 Sanborn Creek Mine MACHINERY CO OPERATING SHEARER IN TAILGATE, FLIPPED COWL HEADING TO HEADGATE WHEN FITTING BROKE ON BACK FLUSHFILTER AT SHEILD 74. THE HOSE WITH ALL FITTINGS WHIPPED OUT TO FACE AND HIT VICTIM AT SHIELD 76. THE 4,2...
11/20/2000 LIMBERLOST SAND AND GRAVEL SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON IN EMPLOYEE FELL FROM THE TOP OF THE WASH PLANT, FALLING FACE FIRST. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE ICY, VERY WINDY & COLD. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES - EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY LOST FOOTING, SLIPPED & FELL.
11/17/2000 Brady Plant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON TX EMPLOYEE FELL APPROX 65 FT FROM LIFT BASKET HELD BY CRANE. HE WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY HARNESS. HE WAS REACHING FOR A BUCKET OF WATER HANDED UP FROM BELOW. WORKING ON A TAILINGS RELOCATION PROJE CT AT O...
11/08/2000 PRECISION AGGREGATES II LLC POWERED HAULAGE OH R-50 HAUL TRUCK ROLLED BACKWARDS DOWN RAMP FROM QUARRY HOLE WENT OVER BERM AND FELL APPROX 25' OVER LOWER HIGHWALL LANDING ON ITS SIDE. ACCIDENT WAS FATAL.
11/06/2000 Oconee Rock Quarry POWERED HAULAGE SC INJ CONTRACTOR WAS ON THE GROUND, OUTSIDE HIS VEHICLE JUST AFTER HIS TRUCK WAS LOADED. JUST BESIDE THE VICTIM'S TRK ANOTHER CONTRACTOR BEGANBACKING UP TO BE LOADED. THE MOVING VEHICLE WASN OT EQUIPPED...
11/06/2000 Sixteen To One Mine POWERED HAULAGE CA MINER OPERATING A TON AND A HALF MANCHA TRAMMER ON LEVEL NEAR HIS WORK PLACE. STARTED DRIVING NORTH TO GET A LOAD OF TIMBER. DROVE TRAMMER UNDER AN ORE CHUTE. MINER DIED.
10/31/2000 MARTIN MARIETTA MAGNESIA SPECI... POWERED HAULAGE OH DRIVER HAD JUST SCALED OUT HIS LOAD & PULLED AHEAD OF THE SCALE APPROX 117' ALONG THE ROADWAY EAST OF THE PACKHOUSE BLDG. ANOTHER TRUCK FOLLOWED BEHIND HIM ONTO THE SCALE. HE STATED HE SAW DEC EASED P...
10/30/2000 Justice #1 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK WV EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING A CO-WORKER LOADING A SCOOP CHARGER IN THE BUCKET OF A 35C SCOOP. A PIECEOF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS FORCING HIM TO THE MINE FLOOR. THE ROCK BROKE INTO TWO PIE...
10/29/2000 Bailey Mine MACHINERY PA AT THE BUNKER TAIL SHAFT AREA, MECHANICS WERE GETTING READY TO TAKE SLACK OUT OF ""B"" CHAIN TO PULL SLACK WHEN A WELD THAT HELD THE TENSION ARM IN PLACE BROKE. THE RELEASED TENSION ARM CAME UP THROUG...
10/26/2000 LEBEC CEMENT PLANT MACHINERY CA THE CREW WAS PUTTING BURNER PIPE IN PLACE AND BURNER PIPE FELL 8 FEET STRIKING EMPLOYEE.
10/24/2000 Still Run No. 4 POWERED HAULAGE WV THE VICTIM APPARENTLY REMOVED HIMSELF FROM THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT OF THE LONG AIRDOX NO. 3 MBC AND RECEIVED FATAL CRUSHING INJURIES WHEN HEWAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MACHINE OPERATOR'S COMPAR TMENT CA...
10/13/2000 Hibbing Taconite Company FIRE MN EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CRAWLER TRACTOR ON THE #1039 STOCKPILE IN THE MINE PIT. A FLASH FIRE OCCURRED. THE OPERATOR EXPERIENCED EXTENSIVE BURNS AS HE EXITED THE OPERATOR'S CAB. INVESTIGATION CONTINUE...
10/04/2000 Job-17 West MACHINERY KY OPERATOR BACKED DOZER OVER A HIGHWALL RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES.
10/03/2000 Wrightsville Quarry OTHER PA WORKER WAS STARTING WATER PUMP. HE APPARENTLY SLIPPED OR FELL STRIKING HIS HEAD ON A ROCK. HE FELL INTO THE WATER CAUSING HIM TO DROWN.
09/21/2000 Humphrey No 7 MACHINERY WV EE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHILE POSITIONED IN THE VICINITY OF MINE CARS IN THE ROTARY DUMP AREA. ITIS UNK WHAT EE WAS DOING IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT OR HOW THE ACCIDENT ITSELF OCCURRED
09/19/2000 Jim Bridger Mine MACHINERY WY WHILE CHANGING A TRACK ON A DOZER, THE CHAIN HOOK SLIPPED OFF THE BOGIE & STRUCK THE EE IN THE HEAD AREA RESULTING INS SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA TO THEHEAD AREA. THE EE WAS TRASNPORTED TO THE UNIVERS ITY OF...
09/17/2000 Clayvigo No. 1 Mine POWERED HAULAGE IN AT APPROXIMATELY 3:20PM ON 9/17/00 A FATAL POWERHAULAGE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN EE AGE 57, WAS STRUCK BY FALLING HEAVY METAL PARTS. EE WAS OPERATING A BATTERY POWERED STANDUP FORK LIFT WHEN THE MATERIA...
09/13/2000 Canarico Quarries POWERED HAULAGE PR A FATA ACCIDENT ACCOURED IN THE BC-03 PRIMARY CRUSHER AREA. THE GEHL MODEL 3825 SKID STEER LOADER OPEARTOR WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE BUCKET ARM AND FRONT FRAME CRUSHIG HIS HEAD.
09/06/2000 Mine #1 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK KY EE & 3 CO-WORKERS WERE INSTALLING WOODEN CRIBS TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE CONT. MINER. AS THE 4 MEN WERE INSTALLING THE CRIBS, A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK MEASURING 11 1/2 FT LONG, 8FT WIDE, & 1""-12"" THI CK FEL...
09/06/2000 #2 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON KY EE FELL APPROX 6 FT OFF A KOMATSU DOZER
08/30/2000 Maiden Rock MACHINERY WI THE INDIVIDUAL WAS DRILLING BLASTHOLES. HE TIED DOWN THE HYDRAULIC LEVER SO IT CONTINUED TO OPRATE (ROTATE) BY-BY PASSING A SAFETY DEVICE. HE THEN WENT IN FRONT OF THE DRILL AND STEPPED OVER THE DRILL...
08/30/2000 CRUSHER PLANT 3 ELECTRICAL MN WHILE CUTTING WITH ARCH WELDER, INDIVIDUAL WAS ELECTROCUTED.
08/28/2000 Mine No 2 HOISTING KY THE VICTIMS WERE ENROUTE 633' DOWN THE SLOPE TO BEGIN DRILLING TO INJECT POLYURETHANE INTO THE SLOPE ROOF WHEN THE RAIL MOUNTED HOIST OPERATED MANTRIP RAN AWAY RESULTING IN 2 FATALITIES
08/28/2000 Mine No 2 HOISTING KY THE VICTIMS WERE ENROUTE 633' DOWN THE SLOPE TO BEGIN DRILLING TO INJECT POLYURETHANE INTO THE SLOPE ROOF WHEN THE RAIL MOUNTED HOIST OPERATED MANTRIP RANAWAY RESULTING IN 2 FATALITIES
08/24/2000 Storm Exploration Decline HOISTING NV THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING FROM THE GALLOWAY WORK PLATFORM IN THE BOTTOM OF THE RODEO VENTILATION SHAFT. THEY HAD JUST FINISHED LOADING AND WIRING IN THE BLAST FOR THE END OF SHIFT. THE ORE BU CKET HAD...
08/16/2000 Monongalia County Mine MACHINERY WV THE WORKER WAS WELDING OVER THE WASHER STANDING ON A SCAFFOLDING. THE WORKER EITHER WAS PULLED OR FELL INTO THE WASHER TO HIS DEATH
08/15/2000 Mine #16 MACHINERY KY THE FATALLY INJ PERSON WAS TRAMMING THE JOY CONTMINER ACROSS THE SECTION WHEN HE STOPPED TO THROW THE MINER CABLE OUT OF THE WAY-HE WAS BETWEEN THE MINER & COAL RIB. IN THE PROCESS OF THROWING THE CAB...
08/14/2000 No 2 Mine POWERED HAULAGE WV EE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A SHUTTLE CAR & CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SHUTTLE CAR & THE COAL RIB. EE AND ANOTHER EE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF ANCHORING THE NO.1 SHUTTLE CAR CABLE ON THE 1ST RIG...
08/10/2000 Bluff City Minerals MACHINERY IL THE DECEASED WAS ASKED TO EXAMINE A CORNER OF A PILLAR BY THE SCALERS. HE GOT IN HI-RANGER BASKET W/O FALL LPROTECTION OVER THE OBJECTION OF SCALER (1 1/2 YRS EXP). WHILE INSPECTING THE PILL AR, THE B...
08/09/2000 Rocky Mountain Quartzite Quarr... POWERED HAULAGE ID MAN WAS DRIVING 922B LOADER DOWN A ROAD WITH A STEEP GRADE. FOR UNKNOWN REASON, LOST CONTROL AND THE LOADER TURNED OVER AND THE RAPS SAFETY CAB FAILED AND COLLAPSED CAUSING FATALITY.
08/06/2000 COUNTY LINE MINE FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL AR THE VICTIM, EE, AGE 7 WAS COLLECTING QUARTZ CRYSTALS AT THE BASE OF THE HIGH WALL WHEN THE OVER BURDEN COLLAPSED STRIKING THE VICTIM KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND.
08/03/2000 Midas Mine POWERED HAULAGE NV EMPLOYEE WAS SLEEPIGN ON A MUCK PILE WITH HIS LIGHT OFF. LHD 9OPERATOR WAS UNABLE TO SEE HIM AND LOWERED THE BUCKET ON HIM.
07/31/2000 Willow Creek Mine IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST UT FATAL, EE, IGNITION OF METHANE &/OR HYDORCARBONS
07/31/2000 Willow Creek Mine IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST UT FATAL, EE , IGNITION OF METHANE &/OR HYDROCARBONS
07/29/2000 Black Butte And Leucite Hills... POWERED HAULAGE WY EE CRESTED PIT 10-RAMP 2 DIVIDE, HEADING SOUTH DOWN-GRADE TO THE COAL PLANT. WHEN FOR NO APPARENT REASON, THE TRUCK VEERED SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFTAT AT THE RAMP JUNCTION. THE TRUCK RAN THRU THE BERM, ABO...
07/21/2000 Pit #1 43rd Ave EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE AZ THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING EXCESS AMTERIAL AT THE STOCK PILE AREA WITH A FRONT END LOADER. HE STRUCK A NATURAL GAS LINE CAUSING IT TO ERUPT INTO FLAMES CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES. THE P IPELINE W...