Mine Fatalities

Date Mine Classification State Narrative
06/30/2000 RiverBend Materials Windsor MACHINERY OR BACKHOE OEPRATOR WAS DIGGING A DITCH THE LOADER OPERATOR WAS STANDING NEXT TOTHE BACKHOE. AS THE BUCKET WAS SWINGING, THE FOOT PEDAL STUCK CAUSING THE BUCKET TO SWING TOWARDS THE VICTIM (LOAD ER OEPRA...
06/30/2000 Fyke Washed Sand & Gravel Inc SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON MI EE CLIMBED UP AND STOOD ON THE EDGE OF THE GRAVEL, LOG WASHER. WHILE PULLING ON A PIPE IT GAVE WAY LETTING HIM TUMBLE INTO THE LOG WASHER. WASHER WAS RUNNING AT THAT TIME.
06/26/2000 Coweta West #19 OTHER OK TWO EES WERE ATTEMPTING TO FIX A BROKEN ANCHOR CABLE WHEN THE BOAT FLAT BOTTOM CAPSIZED AND THREW THEM INTO THE RIVER. NEITHER WERE WEAR LIFE JACKETS. OTHER WAS ABLE TO HOLD ON TO SOME TANKS T HAT WER...
06/24/2000 Spruce Pine MACHINERY NC EE WAS CUTTING A TREE, WHEN THE TRACKHOE OPERATOR INADVERTENTLY PLACED A SMALL TREE IN THE AREA IN WHICH HE WAS WORKING SERIOUSLY INJURING EE. EE WAS AIRLIFTED TO MISSION/ST JOESPH'S HOSPITAL IN ASHEV...
06/23/2000 Midlothian Quarry and Plant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON TX EE WALKING OR GRATING AT ELEVATION 719 TO RETREIVE TORCH SET. EE WAS NOT TIED OFF WHILE EXPLOSED TO FALL HAZARD. EE WAS WEARING PERSONAL FALL ARREST SYSTEM HARNESS AND 2 LANDYARDS. EE STEPPED ON GRATI...
06/23/2000 ACCO STONE CO MACHINERY VA MOVING A TIRE FROM TIRE STORAGE AREA TO BE LOADED ONTO BED OF TRUCK TO BE TRANSPORTED. TIRE FELL FROM CRANE THIS CAUSING DEATH OF OPERATOR.
06/21/2000 No 55 Mine FALL OF ROOF OR BACK WV EMPLOYEE WAS MINING A LIFT OFF THE SOLID BARRIER(LEFT SIDE) OUT BY THE NO. 5 TO NO. 6 OPEN CROSS CUT WHEN A ""HORSE BACK"" MEASURING APPROXIMATELY28' BY 32' BY 8' FELL CRUSHING EMPLOYEE.
06/19/2000 Paradise Plant 1390 POWERED HAULAGE TX A CUSTOMER DRIVING A DUMP TRUCK WAS STRUCK BY A TRAIN WHILE ENTERING THE PLANT. HE DID NOT STOP AT THE STOP SIGN. THE TRAIN PUSHED THE TRUCK APPROX. 800 FT DOWN THE TRACKS. THE DRIVER DIED OF RESULTIN...
06/14/2000 New Iberia Plant POWERED HAULAGE LA STOCKPILING ORE AT MILL SITE STOCKPILE AREA. DUMP TRUCK DUMPED HIS LOAD ON STOCKPILE AND BEGAN TO PULL AWAY FROM PILE. WHILE SLOWING PULLING FORWARD AND BEGGINING TO TURN TO THE RIGHT, THE HAU L TRUCK...
06/12/2000 Maple Hill Quarry FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS IN EE WAS DIGGING OUT BLOCKS FROM BLOCK STACK. HE HAD REMOVED TWO BLOCKS FROM THE STACK, AND PARKED HIS OADER ABOUT 15 FEET AWAY FROM THE BLOCKS. HE THEN GOT OUT OF THE LOADER TO EXAMINE THE TWO BLOCKS W...
06/11/2000 Mt Airy Mine And Mill MACHINERY NC THE OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE A WEDGE BETWEEN THE TWO BLOCKS THAT HAD BEEN SAWN, A ROUGH BACK FELL PINNING THE OPERATOR AGAINST THE OTHER BLOCK.
06/06/2000 Sugar Creek Ug Mine SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON MO EE WAS CLIMBING STAIR SCAFFOLDING TO THE 108 FT LEVEL TO FLY EQUIPMENT INTO PLACE WHEN HE FELL FROM THE STEAL STRUCTURE TO THE 45 FT LEVEL FLOOR BLEOW WAS WEARING BEAR HANESS AND DOUBLE LANYAR D WHEN...
06/02/2000 Greenbrier Dock POWERED HAULAGE VA FOREMAN WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE WAS CRUSHED WITH THE REAR WHEELS OF A LOADED FORD 9000 COAL TRUCK. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN THE VICTIM BENT OVER TO MOVE A WATER HOSE AND WAS CRUSHED BY T HE REAR...
05/24/2000 MTR Surface Mine FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL KY THE DECEASED WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER MOVING COAL FROM A STACKER CONVEYER BELT WHEN A PORTION OF HIGHWALL FAILED AND STRUCK THE LOADER. ONLY A FEW SECONDS OF WARNING WAS GIVEN PRIOR TO THE FAI...
05/20/2000 ST. PAUL PIT OTHER NE WAS NOT WEARING LIFT JACKET WHEN CLEANING OUT DEBRIS FROM CUTTERHEAD, FELL INTO WATER AND DROWNED.
05/18/2000 Dial's Branch IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST KY EMPLOYEE CONTACTED A 20 INCH HIGH PRESSURE GAS LINE WITH HIS LOADER BUCKET WHILE REMOVING OVERBURDEN. AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED IN WHICH HE WAS BURNED WHILE TRYING TO GET AWAY. HE PASSED AWAY AS A RESULT...
05/12/2000 Smith Br MACHINERY VA EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING THE MINER OUT OF THE #3 HEADING LEFT BREAK WHEN HE GOT PINNED BETWEEN THE MINER AND THE RIB.
05/09/2000 CRYSTAL TIPS # 1 MACHINERY NV A FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON OR NEAR THIS CLAIM WHEN A BULLDOZER OVERTURNED ON A STEEP GRADE. ACCORDING TO WHITNESSES THE INDPENDENT CONTRACTOR BECAME OVERLY AGGRESSIVE. ATTEMPTING TO PUSH A B OULDER...
05/08/2000 Gooseneck Branch Mine POWERED HAULAGE KY EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK, DUMPING INTO HOLLOW FILL #6. HE BACKED TO THE DUMP AND THEN REPOSITIONED TRUCK. AT THIS TIME THE TRUCK WENT OVER THE HILL. HE WAS THROWN FROM THE TRUCK AND RECEIVE...
05/01/2000 Lithonia Quarry POWERED HAULAGE GA WAS INSTRUCTED TO HOW OUT OF ANOTHER PIT. THE EE MADE THE TRONSITION WITH NO PROBLEM. ON THE EE'S LAST LOAD BEFORE THE END OF THE SHIFT, FOOT DEEP POOL OF WATER. AFTER EVENING THE WATER THE EE RAISED...
04/30/2000 PE 2 Underground ELECTRICAL KY A CERTIFIED ELECTRICIAN WAS GOING TO MAKE REPAIRS ON THE RIGHT SIDE POWER CENTER IN THE NO. 5 ENTRY, AND WAS FOUND LYING BESIDE THE POWER CENTERIT APPEARS HE RECEIVED A FATAL ELECTRICAL SHOCK.
04/28/2000 Asbury DeQuincy POWERED HAULAGE LA CONDITIONS UNKNOWN @ THIS TIME IMPAIRMENT-DEATH.THE VICTIM WAS OPERATING A TRACTOR PULLING A MOWER ALONG THE MILL ENTRANCE ROAD. HE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE FELL FROM AND WAS RAN OVER BY TH E TRACT...
04/25/2000 Claremore Quarry POWERED HAULAGE OK LOADER OPERATOR OTHER INFORMED HIS FOREMAN, EE THAT HIS LOADER HAD AN OIL LEAK. EE TOLD OTHER THAT HE COULDN'T FIND THE LEAK, CLIMBED DOWN, WENT TO HIS PICKUP TRUCK FOR A FLASHLIGHT, RETURNED, & CLIMB...
04/21/2000 Rattlesnake Pit POWERED HAULAGE UT THE PLANT OPERATOR/LOADER OPERATOR WAS FOUND WITH HER LEFT ARM ENTANGLED IN THE SMOOTH TAIL PULLEY OF THE SCREEN FEED CONVEYOR. A COMPANY EE FOUND THE VICTIM AFTER SHE FAILED TO RETURN TO THE MINE OFF...
04/12/2000 New Hope Crushed Stone POWERED HAULAGE PA EMPL0YEE WAS TRANING BELTS ON A CONVEYOR, BECAME ENTANGLED BETWEEN BELT AND VERTICAL TAKE UP PULLEY.
04/10/2000 Getchell Mine & Mill MACHINERY NV EE BECAME ENTANGLED IN ROTATING RODS, WHILE MAKING A CONNECTION RESULTING IN A FATALITY.
04/10/2000 Skyline Mine #3 POWERED HAULAGE UT THE OFF-STANDARD CAR OPERATOR IN THE 7 LEFT SECTION WAS FOUND FATALLY INJURED, PINNED BETWEEN THE CAR CANOPY AND THE RIB. THE CAR WAS STOPPED AT THE FEEDER BREAKER FOR THE SECTION. AN INVESTIG ATION I...
04/04/2000 ROYAL CEMENT COMPANY, INC. SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NV EE WAS COLLECTING DUST SAMPLES AND HE WAS FOUND IN THE DUST APPROXIAMEATELY THREE FEET DEEP AND THE DUST WAS HOT. INOFRMATION RECEIVED FROM THE DR THROUGH ONE OF THE COMPANY INVESTORS INDICATE S THE E...
03/23/2000 SUFCO OTHER UT INDIVIDUAL WAS FOUND DEAD IN SUMP.
03/21/2000 Big Ridge Mine Prep Plant/Main... POWERED HAULAGE IL THE EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING FORK TRUCK AND RAN OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE FORK TRUCK ROLLED OVER AND SMASHED EMPLOYEE, RESULTING IN A FATAL INJURY.
03/13/2000 STILLWATER MINE POWERED HAULAGE MT EMPLOYEE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHILE WORKING ON THE 5000W RAIL HAULAGE LEVEL. HE WAS PINNED UNDER A RAIL CAR. ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
03/07/2000 Dial's Branch MACHINERY KY DOZER WENT OVER SLOPE GOT SADDLEBAGGED ON ROCK CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL BLADE HIT STUMP CAUSING DOZER TO FLIP END FOR END. OPERATOR EJECTED CAUSING DEATH.
03/02/2000 Hobet Prep Plant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON WV CONTRACTOR FELL THROUGH PUNCH PLATE DECKING INTO RAW COAL CLASSIFYING CYCLONE AND DROWN.
02/18/2000 Speed Mine ELECTRICAL WV EMPLOYEE ENTERED SUBSTATION TO DETERMINE WHAT WORK WILL BE REQUIRED TO REMOVE THE TRANSFORMER. HE CLIMBED THE TRANSFORMER TO LOOK AT TOP WHEN HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH LINE.
02/14/2000 Island #1 Prep Plant POWERED HAULAGE KY AT APPROXIMATELY 7:45 PM ON FEBRUARY 14, 2000 DECEASED EMPLOYEE, PREPARATION PLANT OPERATOR, WALKED FROM THE PREPARATION PLANT INTO THE ACTIVE WORKING AREA OF A 275C MICHIGAN FRONT END LOADER. THE OPE...
02/08/2000 Amrize Distel Plant POWERED HAULAGE CO AVAILABLE INFORMATION FROM THE SCRAPER OPERATOR AND EYE WITNESS SHOWS THAT THE EMPLOYEE MOVED BETWEEN A BACKING 633 CAT SCRAPER AND HIS PICKUP OUT OF THE OPERATORS FIELD OF VISION. HE WAS RUN OVER BY...
02/02/2000 Meikle Mine POWERED HAULAGE NV THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A WATER TRUCK ON THE 1525 LEVEL. HE BACKED INTO THE 3475 ACCESS TO AN OPEN STOPE AND WENT OVER THE EDGE. HE WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE DURING THE FALL AND FELL APP ROXIMAT...
01/31/2000 Mission, San Xavier, Eisenhowe... FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL AZ ON JAN. 31, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 8:00 PM, A FALL OF GROUND OCCURRED IN THE #215 STOPE AREA THAT CAUSED A FATAL INJURY, INJURY TO OTHER PERSONNEL AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXACT SEQUENCE OF EVENTS ARE STI...
01/27/2000 JELLICO STONE COMPANY MACHINERY TN WHEN POSITIONING THE DRILL, THE RIGHT REAR LEVELING FOOT SANK INTO A MUD SEAM ALLOWING THE DRILL TO OVERTURN. THE DRILL SLID OVER THE EDGE OF HIGHWALL AND THE ROCK LEDGE CRUSHED THE DRILL OPER ATORS C...
01/26/2000 Pattiki FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL IL THE MINER WAS CUT 6 LEFT, WENT TO FACE, 6 LEFT FELL IN. THE MINER RAMPED UP ROCK. DOUBLE BOOM PUT UP 5 ROWS OF PINS. ROOF BOLTER WAS BACKING OUT, ONE MAN WALKED TO SIDE CONTROLS, THE OTHER MAN STOOD B...
01/26/2000 Strasburg Quarry POWERED HAULAGE VA EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE STONE BUILDUP FROM UNDER SHAFT KILN CARRIAGE COUNTER WEIGHT. HE CLIMBED OVER A GUARD INTO RESTRICTED AREA WHERE THE WEIGHT WAS LOCATED ONLY INCHES OVER HIS HE AD. THE...
01/21/2000 Arkansas Operations Mill MACHINERY AR DEMOLITION OF STEEL STRUCTURE USING CUT PULL AND DROP METHOD. A PIECE BECAME LOOSE AND ROLLED UNTIL IT HIT THE DECEASED.
01/21/2000 #74 MACHINERY KY EMPLOYEE WAS CAUGHT BY THE AUGER OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES.
01/10/2000 LUCHERKS GRAVEL CO. POWERED HAULAGE TX ON 1/10/00 AT APP 1:30 PM I AND WORKER WAS SERVICING THE SCREENING PLANT WHEN FOOT FEEDER ON THE RUBBER TIRE LOADER HUNG. I THEN ATTEMPTED TO BEND OVER TO RELEASE THE FOOT FEEDER WHEN MY SHOUL DER BUM...