Mine Fatalities

Date Mine Classification State Narrative
01/08/2020 Portable Crushing Dept 415 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON IA FELL INTO LIME BIN.
12/23/2019 MARSHALL COUNTY MINE MACHINERY WV A fully trained miner was fatally injured while attempting to remove a splice pin from a 72"" mechanical belt splice. The splice was positioned near the outby side of the tail frame. The victim was...
12/03/2019 Amrize Holly Hill Plant HOISTING SC A contractor was servicing the Alimak elevator at the fourth level of the pre-heater tower. The contractor was on top of the elevator and a mine employee was inside the elevator assisting. The person...
11/16/2019 EP Engineered Clays Corporatio... MACHINERY MS Employee was on the ground spotting a dump truck to prepare for dumping a load of fill dirt in excavation area. Employee's back was to the dozer that came up an incline and fatally struck employee fro...
11/05/2019 Minorca Mine POWERED HAULAGE MN Employee was driving Service truck SR136 on the main haul road heading east towards the pit. For unknown reasons at this time it appears the truck hit the berm on the south side of the road causing i...
10/18/2019 Mine #1 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL KY While employee was working on the ride a piece of rock rolled off coal rib, striking them in the back. Pinning them against the personal ride.
09/17/2019 Speed Mine ELECTRICAL WV EE was attempting to identify the problems with the scrubber motor on the JM 6911 continuous miner on the number one section in the number one entry when EE came in contact with electricity. The emplo...
09/05/2019 CARDINAL POWERED HAULAGE KY The victim was fatally injured when EE was struck by a battery powered scoop which had trammed through a translucent line curtain in the #3 Entry of the #6 Unit (MMU 005) just outby the working place...
08/29/2019 Enlow Fork Mine FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL PA The employee was walking off the face at the G1HG longwall section. As employee passed the head gate drive, the previously bolted and meshed rib unexpectedly failed and the material struck employee re...
08/27/2019 Premium Sandstone Quarry OTHER TX Was beginning to storm, miner was walking towards cover when EE was struck by lightning.
08/20/2019 SCRUBGRASS FUEL HANDLING FACIL... SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON PA An employee was in the process of removing a metal dumpster from the bottom floor of our truck unloading building using a hoist. When they removed the dumpster from the building the hand rail was not...
08/15/2019 Cote Blanche Mine ELECTRICAL LA A contractor died at the operation underground. The cause of death is unknown at the time of this report. MSHA issued a 103(k) order on the area. The information in this report is all we have at this...
08/07/2019 South Hollow Prep Plant and Lo... ELECTRICAL WV EE was working to replace a high voltage starter for the slope belt and was in the process of adjusting the mechanical linkage connected to the switch when EE came in contact with electricity. EE was...
08/02/2019 Smoky Canyon Mine POWERED HAULAGE ID Employee maintaining equipment in mobile fuel truck lost power and brakes moving down a steep grade resulting in over-turned truck.
07/31/2019 Paradise #9 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST KY FMC employees were attempting to seal the hoist shaft at the Bremen Portal at Ken American Paradise Mine No. 9. Steel beams were welded in place metal decking was secured covering the shaft. Methane a...
07/30/2019 HOME PIT AND MILL POWERED HAULAGE VT EE was traveling up the meadow road to load a truck. While driving up the road, EE shook the bucket to make sure it was clean. The bucket contacted the ground and made the loader suddenly stop and pro...
07/17/2019 BOURBEAU AGGREGATE LLC MACHINERY VT Workers removing a jaw crusher motor. As the hammer attachment was being positioned towards the crusher motor, the hydraulic hammer attachment fell from the excavator quick coupler. The hammer attachm...
07/15/2019 Tazewell Quarry SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON TN Plant Manager aggravated a pre-existing injury to the right heel tearing a blood blister while walking over a level drill bench. On July 20th, EE died after complications following surgery after an x-...
06/24/2019 East Sand Plant POWERED HAULAGE OK Employee was fatally injured when they fell beneath the wheels of a tractor trailer. The tractor-trailer was being towed out by a bulldozer, since said truck-trailer was stuck in the sand. Victim was...
06/10/2019 River Road Quarry POWERED HAULAGE TN Pending Investigation - Victim was leveling material in a trench made for laying electrical conduit, manager was operating front-end loader above. The front-end loader was being used to back fill the...
05/22/2019 CVB No 1 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL KY Rib Rolled onto miner operator.
05/18/2019 West Amarillo Sand & Gravel POWERED HAULAGE TX Miner was using a man lift basket to observe feed to cone crusher at a height of 28 feet. The miner was wearing fall protection harness and a retractable lanyard but was not secured/tied off to the ma...
05/13/2019 MILLSTONE QUARRY MACHINERY GA Crane fell over into quarry with operator inside cab. The victim was operating crane lifting an approximately 15 ton block of granite from the pit. The boom of the crane lowered causing the crane to t...
03/07/2019 HWM 61 MACHINERY WV Victim was assisting with extracting the highwall miner cars. EE had been shoveling dirt/mud off the deck of the miner. EE was standing at the rear of the deck while a car was being extracted and fo...
03/07/2019 Balcones Quarry SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON TX EE was changing the v-belts on the north log washer motor gearbox assembly. EE lost balance when wrench slipped off the motor mounting bolt ee was tightening and fell backwards through a 15 3/4 inch g...
03/06/2019 TYRONE MINE MACHINERY NM While preparing to perform side frame/track repairs on a 4100A shovel. When the relief valve was ejected from the jack. Employee was struck by a pressure relief valve in the lower left abdominal/waist...
01/14/2019 Toms Fork Mine POWERED HAULAGE KY While the surveyor was setting up the instrument in #4 belt entry, the other surveyor was getting height measurements down #3 entry. A shuttle car loaded with coal coming from #2 entry tramming to the...
01/05/2019 Mine No. 1 MACHINERY IL A miner was fatally injured when they were pinned between an air-lock equipment door and a concrete rib barrier located near the shaft bottom.
12/29/2018 Centralia Coal Mine MACHINERY WA The victim drowned when the dredge ee was operating sank.
12/20/2018 North Fork POWERED HAULAGE PA While operating the 2nd/back MBC (mobile bridge carrier) the employee became pinned between the bridge of the MBC and the rib.
12/11/2018 Little Spring Creek Mine FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL AL Victim was operating front-end loader in coal pit area, when a highwall failure occurred, covering the front-end loader completely.
11/29/2018 W M P I MACHINERY PA Mechanic was looking over the hydraulic equipment on a service truck when something failed & struck the mechanic in head above right eye. Mechanic fell back onto the garage floor.
11/11/2018 Pete Bajo POWERED HAULAGE NV A miner was fatally injured when the miner was run over by the LHD loader the miner was operating underground.
11/03/2018 O-N Minerals, Cedarville Opera... POWERED HAULAGE MI Supervisor pick-up was struck by haul truck, resulting in a fatality.
10/25/2018 Lee Smith FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NV Fall of the roof or back resulting in a fatal injury.
10/25/2018 Chino Mines Co Mine OTHER NM Rollover accident/fatality/ongoing investigation.
10/19/2018 MCGREGOR POWERED HAULAGE MT Employee was in an articulating haul truck, was traveling down the haul road at the Quarry. The victim was moving the haul truck down a steep grade, around a turn, when the haul truck traveled throug...
10/17/2018 No. 1 Surface Mine MACHINERY WV A 33 year old miner was attempting to move an auger steel with an onboard crane when a section of the auger struck ee chest. EE was transported by ambulance to a hospital where ee died.
10/11/2018 Jet Mist tm Quarry FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS VA EE was in the process of opening a 6' thick slab. Water bags were installed at the top of the slab. EE was not wearing a safety harness and was about 20' high. Slab broke and fell down & hit EE and cr...
10/02/2018 Empire State Mines EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NY An employee was attempting to clean out a previously blasted vertical drill hole with an air hose. A sudden release of pressure from an unknown source inside of the hole forced material to be ejected...
09/11/2018 KOCJANCIC POWERED HAULAGE PA The CM had backed out of the number one entry and began tramming to the number two entry when ee noticed the front MBC on the attached system did not pull ahead. At that time, the victim was found at...
09/07/2018 Bear Run Mine FIRE IN The IE was hauling overburden in a Cat 793 end dump to a fill area. The front area on the end dump caught fire. The IE parked the truck on the fill and exited the end dump. The IE sustained multipl...
08/22/2018 Birdsboro Quarry POWERED HAULAGE PA Victim used an aerial lift positioned under the #3 tunnel belt to access the take-up pulley assemble components. As the victim was attempting to manually clean the north side of the west bend pulley,...
07/31/2018 C-2 POWERED HAULAGE ND The loader operator was lowering a piece of metal chained to the bucket onto the top of a rock crushing plant. The loader operator did not see that the accident victim was between the loader bucket an...
06/23/2018 Big Oak Plant NONPOWERED HAULAGE TX On June 23, 2018 at approximately 9:20 am an employee mounted a pair of slow moving rail cars to apply the brakes. The employee fell and was struck by the pair of freewheeling hopper rail cars. The em...
06/15/2018 Chino Mines Co Mine HOISTING NM An employee, assisting with shovel maintenance, entered the man lift at the shovel house level to descend and retrieve a needed part. After entering the man lift, the support arm broke, causing the ba...
06/13/2018 King Sand & Gravel POWERED HAULAGE TX It appears the victim suffered a heart attack.
06/04/2018 Morgan Camp Mine POWERED HAULAGE WV Employee, and six other employees, was traveling from the west mains section to the surface at end of their shift on a ten person diesel mantrip when a 50-ton roof jack struck the employee on the righ...
05/09/2018 Alabaster Plant IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST AL The injured miner & the supervisor were attempting to light the #2 kiln's gas flame. While the miner was holding a flare attached to a metal pole at the end of the gas pipe, the supervisor turned on t...
04/12/2018 Rye Plant 1144 POWERED HAULAGE TX A customer driver was fatally injured when the driver's over the road truck ran over the driver when driver fell out of the truck at the check in station.