Mine Fatalities

Date Mine Classification State Narrative
04/11/2016 The Chemours Company FC LLC MACHINERY FL During regular duties the operator of the dozer stopped, exited the cab, and the dozer rolled back crushing the operator.
04/09/2016 Freeport-McMoRan Safford Inc ELECTRICAL AZ Employee went to prime the diaphragm pump located outside the stripping machine building, adjacent to the hydraulic room. Eight minutes pass where EE is unaccounted for prior to being found unresponsi...
03/25/2016 Huff Creek Mine FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL KY While workers were cleaning up material that was removed from a new coal transfer borehole using a continuous miner, a section of rib/brow fell from the inby portion of the entry and continued outby p...
03/22/2016 Earlham Quarry EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS IA On March 22, 2016 at approximately 6:35pm an employee was struck by flyrock after a shot was detonated. The employee was sitting inside of a pickup approximately 1,200 feet away from the shot when det...
03/08/2016 Beck Street South POWERED HAULAGE UT Employee was driving a 70 ton CAT 775E haul truck equipped with reverse sonar. Evidence shows the employee backed through a berm approx. 4 ft high and down a slope that was 70 ft. high. The truck cam...
02/26/2016 Granbury Mine FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS TX An All-Terrain Forklift was unloading a trailer of poly pipe. While the All-Terrain Forklift was traversing away from the trailer, a single piece of pipe fell on the driver's side of the truck.
01/19/2016 Dotiki Mine MACHINERY KY Employee was in preparation to mine the No. 6 Left Crosscut when EE became pinned between the tail of the machine and the coal rib, resulting in fatal crushing injuries.
01/16/2016 4 West Mine FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL PA A coal rib fell, striking the continuous miner operator, causing a fatal injury.
01/04/2016 Lower War Eagle POWERED HAULAGE WV There were no witnesses to the event. Employee was found with right arm caught by the hold up roller of the remote discharge of the #1 conveyor. When found by crew members, employee was not responsive...
12/28/2015 Cortez District POWERED HAULAGE NV Preliminary investigation shows that the employee was fatally injured as the result of a collision with another haul truck. Investigation is ongoing. EE slid backwards and striking the cab of a parke...
12/15/2015 Davenport Plant MACHINERY IA Sub-contracted tow truck was dispatched to tow super sucker truck. Boom of tow truck was being operated by tow truck employee #1 when it struck tow truck employee #2 in the head. Employee #2 was taken...
12/08/2015 MC#1 Mine POWERED HAULAGE IL Employee was transporting material down slope A. Slope A belt shut off on a fault. Upon investigation of cause of fault, employee was discovered at the bottom of slope A.
09/26/2015 Johnson Mine SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON AL Employee was checking transmission fluid on dozer, and was found unconscious on ground, possibly related to medical emergency. *The miner never regained consciousness and succumbed to his injuries on...
09/16/2015 Onton #9 MACHINERY KY The miner & a co-worker installed blocking material under the cutter head of the continuous miner to support it while they replaced the load-lock valve. The victim was in the process of installing the...
08/19/2015 Mine No. 1 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS IL Was putting screw jacks in to hold a pony boom up, supports dislodged and the pony boom came down hitting shoulders knocking EE to the ground. *On October 1, 2015, the injured miner died. On October 1...
08/03/2015 SSX Mine MACHINERY NV Employee was operating a jumbo on an incline in the main haulage. The operator drifted to the right rib and the spare drill steel in the drill steel rack came in contact with the right rib. The drill...
08/03/2015 Leesburg Plant FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS VA Associate backed the haul truck under the conveyor to load Mineral filler. Preliminary findings indicate that the associate climbed to first level platform under the silo hopper. While standing on the...
08/03/2015 Pinky's Aggregates Inc FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS ND There were no witnesses to the accident. The operator was found outside of his loader buried under gravel that had sloughed off of the stock pile he was loading from. Fellow employees were attemptin...
07/15/2015 MAIN PROCESSING PLANT OTHER GA Contract employee entered rail car GATX 22394 at approximately 11:30 am, to wash out the rail car. At approximately 12:00, a Thiele employee went to check on him and observed him lying on the floor o...
07/10/2015 Dry Fork Sand & Gravel MACHINERY OH The employee was performing work activities on a sand dredge to free a clam shell bucket from material in a lake when the dredge capsized.
06/30/2015 CEC #4 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS MA The mine slope collapsed trapping our miner in his machine. The recovery effort was not successful and the employee expired at the mine site.
06/27/2015 4 West Mine FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS PA When airlock door located at 63 to 64 break on 10 right #4 heading struck victim causing fatal injury. When the scoop car operator closed the set of airlock doors at the No.63.5 crosscut, the doors fe...
06/12/2015 LOUDON QUARRY STRIKING OR BUMPING NH Technician found unconscious and transported to hospital where he died the following day. He had reported bumping his head earlier that same day but never filed an injury report.
05/31/2015 Gateway Mine POWERED HAULAGE IL Employee was operating a diesel personnel carrier on the Main South Travelway. It appears that his vehicle struck a coal pillar at xcut #193 and he was ejected from the vehicle. He sustained fatal cru...
05/28/2015 Allen Branch Surface Mine POWERED HAULAGE KY The employee was connecting a chain around the bumper of a tractor to a road grader when the grader rolled back and pinned him between to bumper of the tractor and Grader.
05/28/2015 Hycroft Mine POWERED HAULAGE NV A water truck inadvertently struck a portable toilet which was occupied. The occupant of the portable toilet suffered fatal injuries.
05/18/2015 Lone Star Quarry & Mill SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON MO A delivery truck driver for Stericycle Environmental Solutions arrived at Alternate Fuels to deliver drums. After opening trailer doors, the driver walked back to the cab of his truck and proceeded to...
03/23/2015 Kane's Quarry MACHINERY PA The victim was repositioning the block saw near the edge of bench with the saw operating in reverse when he stumbled and fell 4.5 feet to the lower bench. The saw continued in reverse and fell on top...
03/17/2015 Ulrich Pit POWERED HAULAGE NE The driver was operating a articulated truck hauling dirt from the back of the lake. Driver lost control of the vehicle for an undetermined reason and drove the vehicle over the berm and into the lake...
03/17/2015 Republic Energy POWERED HAULAGE WV Employee was driving a fueling truck when it turned over. It was a single vehicle accident that resulted in the death of the driver. *I will send a revised form when I get more information.
03/16/2015 Deep Mine 41 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL VA Employee was in the process of conducting his pre-shift exam on the section when he was found by another miner. He was pinned between a fallen rib and shuttle car that had been parked in the crosscut...
03/08/2015 MARSHALL COUNTY MINE FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL WV The 12 East longwall had mined out of seam from 3-10 shield. Shield tip to face had been roof bolted so the coal floor could be removed. The victim was standing with his back to the face. A rib struck...
02/20/2015 Heilwood FALL OF ROOF OR BACK PA On February 20, 2015, a fatal accident occurred in the #2 slope entry of the A Mains, MMU 001. The roof bolter operator received crushing injuries during the bolting process.
01/28/2015 Brubaker Mine MACHINERY PA Miner Operator was tramming into cut. When he positioned the miner onto sights, the mining machine was on a knuckle on the bottom causing it to swing in his direction, pinning him against the rib wit...
01/26/2015 Swift Creek Mine MACHINERY FL The victim was operating an excavator near a canal when the excavator tipped on its side and went in the water. The victim was able to get out of the cab and transported to a hospital where he died at...
01/21/2015 Fletcher Mine and Mill FALL OF ROOF OR BACK MO EE was fatally injured while performing the standard practice of scaling loose material using a mechanical scaler. Loose material fell from the back contacting the scaler and employee.
01/11/2015 Leeville HOISTING NV The employee was fatally injured when he was travelling on a shaft conveyance and came in contact with the shaft furnishings.
01/08/2015 Knife River Construction Verna... MACHINERY CA Knife River miners were replacing a screen. Our sales representative was on site. He was on site to provide technical assistance. He was struck in the head by the feeder box. EMS was notified and r...
12/29/2014 Tilden Plant POWERED HAULAGE TX Employees A and B were using a forklift to dump bulk bags of waste product to rerun thru plant for reuse, when employee B got on forklift and turned forklift over on its side resulting in fatal injury...
12/16/2014 Henderson County Mine POWERED HAULAGE KY The unit mechanic was traveling across the section. A ram car was traveling inby toward the miner. The car had only traveled a few feet inby when the employee was struck by the ram car.
12/01/2014 Millersville Quarry POWERED HAULAGE OH The conditions contributing to this accident are unknown at this time. The weather, road condition, and equipment failure is not of suspect as of this date. The miner lost his life
11/26/2014 Ottawa Plant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON IL An employee on the ground level retrieved the tool and climbed 1 to 2 rungs of the ladder to hand the tool to the employee above. The employee appeared to lose consciousness and fell. The witnesses in...
11/25/2014 South Sterling Quarry POWERED HAULAGE PA The victim backed the truck he was driving to the edge of the overburden dumpsite and started to raise the truck's bed to dump a load of material. The bank failed and the truck overturned falling 30 f...
11/18/2014 Bayer Alumina Plant FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS TX A crew of 5 workers were installing an 8'x10' process door when the lifting lug on the door became detached. This resulted in the door free falling approximately 22"" to the ground and ultimately fall...
11/17/2014 IMI Plymouth Sand & Gravel SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON IN The EE involved arrived 15 minutes before start time and went directly to his haul truck and started the truck. While in the shop the EE reported to another EE that he had slipped and fallen from his...
11/10/2014 Crawdad No 1 Mine FALL OF ROOF OR BACK WV On the 002 Section in the #2 entry face, a rock fell out of the roof striking EE while he was roof bolting and knocked him to the ground. The crew was able to remove the rock and transport him to the...
11/10/2014 FLOYD QUARRY FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS VA EE shut down crushing plant to remove a drill bit stuck in the jaw crusher. He was using a torch to cut off drill bit when the bit flew up into his chest & face. He was hospitalized and died on 1/17/1...
10/18/2014 North Antelope Rochelle Mine POWERED HAULAGE WY Details & conditions are currently under investigation.
10/10/2014 EVANSVILLE PLANT SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON PA Fall from Platform at Lehigh Cement Facility. On 10/10/14 a truck driver/loader employed by FT Silfies Inc. was in the process of pre-loading a trailer on miner property. At Aprox. 11:18AM, the driver...
10/07/2014 HWM 61 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL WV Employee apparently entered into highwall miner hole in an attempt to retrieve a cutter chain. While at the chain, the employee was struck by rock from roof.