Mine Fatalities

Date Mine Classification State Narrative
09/26/2014 HOCKLEY MINE POWERED HAULAGE TX The accident occurred while performing maintenance on a forklift. Injury occurred when the forklift apparently moved, crushing the miner between forklift and wooden support column. Specific details ar...
09/16/2014 West Ridge Mine POWERED HAULAGE UT EE was operating the company #24-43 Wagner ST 2DS Can-setter at x-cut #11 in B Canyon,#2 entry in the 23rd East intake. When the victim was found, he was unconscious & unresponsive, his mid torso was...
09/15/2014 Manchester Mine MACHINERY AL Bulldozer operator was preparing a drill bench on top of an approx. 50' highwall. Operator was pushing consolidated material over the edge of the highwall. The bulldozer traveled over the edge of the...
08/25/2014 Gardenscape of New York SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NY About 3:15 pm., employee went to a storage building to get some planks. He climbed a stack of loaded pallets to get to the planks that were near the rafters and fell approximately 8 feet to the floor...
08/20/2014 Buchanan Mine #1 ELECTRICAL VA The employee was working on a Fletcher roof bolter. He had the panel board off trouble shooting inside the electrical components of the machine. He apparently came in contact with electricity. The inv...
08/02/2014 Belzer Pit FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS MT Miner was apparently adding oil to hoist of truck. Box was loaded with rock and not properly blocked. The weight of the loaded box split block and the box came down unexpectedly crushing miner between...
07/23/2014 Brooksville South Cement Plant POWERED HAULAGE FL CEMEX loader opr was moving flyash from mat'l storage bldg to hopper. Raw mat'l del driver, ind. o/o contracted w/ Tri-State Carriers(TSC), entered mat'l storage area & exited his tractor, preparing t...
07/21/2014 Murray Mines Inc. ELECTRICAL SC Employee pulled aluminum boat over three electric conductors in dredge pond. A patch on the bottom of the boat cut into one conductor and electrocuted the employee. The employee died as a result of th...
06/23/2014 Spring Creek Mine POWERED HAULAGE MT An empty haul truck traveled in a forward direction through a dump berm and came to rest at the bottom of the angle of repose dump fatally injuring the operator.
06/18/2014 BREWER SAND IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST SC The employee was present while two contract workers were performing a repair on a centrifugal water pump. During the repair, an explosion occurred. Heat may have been applied during the repair. The em...
06/17/2014 Amrize Midlothian Plant OTHER TX Truck driver entered empty bulk trailer tank for unknown reason, and was later discovered unresponsive inside the trailer.
06/14/2014 Chalk Hills Quarry SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON UT Employee was shrink wrapping a pallet with a weed burner and for some unknown reason he burned himself and was found by a co-worker in a serious burn condition. He is burned over 36% of his body inclu...
06/04/2014 North Antelope Rochelle Mine MACHINERY WY Miner suffered a fatal injury after being pinned underneath the raised cover of a Metso Lokotrack crusher.
06/02/2014 Sunshine Mine HOISTING ID Two shaft repairmen had finished pulling lacing from the pipe compartment, the all clear/tucked in verbal command was given twice with response. The bell signal was transmitted to raise the skip. One...
05/14/2014 MC#1 Mine MACHINERY IL The victim and another miner were tramming the roof bolter outby down the No.3 entry of tailgate No.1 when the accident occurred. The victim was injured when he was struck by the roof bolter as he pla...
05/13/2014 Hualapai Pit MACHINERY AZ During maintenance, a miner was struck by the boom of an excavator that was being used to position crusher parts; causing him to lose balance and fall approximately 11 feet. The fall resulted in seve...
05/12/2014 Black Stallion UG Mine FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL WV On 5/12/14 an event occurred at this mine which resulted in the entrapment of two (2) miners. Upon subsequent recovery it was determined that both miners had perished. The injured were fatally struck...
05/12/2014 Black Stallion UG Mine FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL WV On 5/12/14 an event occurred at this mine which resulted in the entrapment of two (2) miners. Upon subsequent recovery it was determined that both miners had perished. The injured were fatally struck...
05/09/2014 Seagraves, TX POWERED HAULAGE TX The victim was unloading a rail car using a transloading conveyor and was entangled in the feed end of the conveyor.
05/01/2014 Gypsum Mountain POWERED HAULAGE NV No eye witness to accident. ATV was traveling up a + or - 15% slope and lost traction. The road has some uneven spots that might of contributed to the loss of traction. The ATV appears to not have bee...
04/28/2014 Midas Mine MACHINERY NV Employee had partially drilled a hole using a jackleg drill. A coworker discovered him unconscious/unresponsive, slumped over the drill. It was later determined the employee's clothes were wound up in...
04/24/2014 Arcosa Erwinville Plant #1671 MACHINERY LA Employee had worked an entire day operating a John Deere 750C Dozer along side another experienced dozer operator. At approximately 5:25pm the employee was last seen crossing over a dirt pile. A few...
04/18/2014 Crown Hill Dock OTHER WV Security guard fell or slipped from the cab of his personal vehicle into a shallow diversion ditch at the base of a berm along a roadway. He was found with his face submerged in approx 12"" of water....
04/17/2014 Hafenstine Plant #1 MACHINERY KS Victim was caught between track hoe bucket and haul truck. An excavator was loading material in a haul truck parked in the pit. When the victim exited the truck, he was struck by the bucket of the exc...
04/11/2014 MLC - Ste. Genevieve FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL MO Employee was scaling from a man basket on a boom truck when large slabs of rock struck the boom causing it to separate from the boom.
04/11/2014 MLC - Ste. Genevieve FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL MO The employees were scaling from a man basket on a boom truck when large slabs struck the boom causing it to separate from the truck.
03/27/2014 LORD FARM #5 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS VA Excavator was lifting plastic pipe when it fell and hit the victim.
03/25/2014 Gibson Mine MACHINERY IN The victim was in the process of cutting through the inner left-side side plate. When the cut was completed, the cat frame pivoted upward, pinning the victim between the cat track and frame of the fee...
02/28/2014 East Coast Mines & Materials FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NY A miner become buried from material sliding down the face of a bank.
02/27/2014 AMES MINE SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON IA Emp a contract worker repairing a Scaler in Mod 12. The emp had fallen to the ground in fetal position, locked arms, clenched fist and bleeding from the ears. The witness did not know if the emp fell...
02/21/2014 JV 16 Mine MACHINERY VA Employee was tramming continuous miner from #4 heading toward #1 heading when he was caught between the conveyor boom and the rib. There were no eyewitnesses.
02/21/2014 Kosmos Cement Plant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON KY Without checking to ensure elevator car was present, contractor stepped into elevator shaft and fell approximately 25 feet landing on top of elevator car.
02/01/2014 Comstock / Mountain Lion POWERED HAULAGE UT Miner became entangled in belt return roller and sustained fatal injuries. Equipment involved was Rahco mobile stacker, Model m30x1500.
01/16/2014 Mountain View Mine POWERED HAULAGE WV Employee was caught between the feeder and the coal rib as he was tightening up the chain connecting the feeder to the tailpiece. The crew had just completed moving the belt and was in the process of...
12/13/2013 Junction City Sand FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS GA Employee was standing on a ditch bank when it collapsed. He fell into the ditch and was covered/crushed by falling material
12/10/2013 Dredge IV / Henderson Yard OTHER KY Victim was last observed accessing the stern if barge NBN-611. Shortly after, he was noticed to be missing. Snow was present on the barge. Damage or impairment is unknown at this time.
12/04/2013 Kansas Falls Quarry EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS KS Individual was hit by fly rock while setting off a shot.
11/23/2013 Century Mine MACHINERY OH A fatal accident occurred on the longwall face around #144 shield. A ladder line hose got pinched under the toe of the #144 shield. EE did not see hose under shield and initiated the electronic push o...
11/18/2013 Cumberland River Quarry ELECTRICAL KY Employee was working near an energized Soft Start Component. Started convulsing or having a seizure. Possible electrocution. Still unknown.
11/17/2013 Revenue Mine EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS CO Employee went back to rescue down nipper. Carbon Monoxide
11/17/2013 Revenue Mine EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS CO Employee went back to check on a post blast and became overcome by Carbon Monoxide from powder smoke. Carbon Monoxide
11/07/2013 LITHIA SPRINGS QUARRY POWERED HAULAGE GA Employee was operating a haul truck transporting material from the wash bins to a stockpile located Northwest of two settling ponds. On the return trip to the wash bins, the haul truck traveled throug...
11/04/2013 MC#1 Mine FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL IL Employee was shoveling coal into the Longwall pan line. A piece of coal fell from the face striking the employee. Employee was standing under shield #123 on the Longwall face at the time of the accide...
10/17/2013 LEBEC CEMENT PLANT SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON CA The miner was in progress of storing electrical cable into a cable tray. The south bracket some how came loose. When the south side of the cable tray came down it struck the ladder on the east side ca...
10/11/2013 Prosperity Mine POWERED HAULAGE IN A shuttle car driver was tramming through a crosscut from Entry # 5 to Entry # 6. The car driver stopped spoke to the victim. The victim proceeded past the car, traveled through a curtain into the int...
10/06/2013 Jim Bridger Mine MACHINERY WY Employee was building drill bench, pushed thru the berm at the edge of the highwall and traveled over the highwall.
10/05/2013 Pattiki POWERED HAULAGE IL The victim was operating a battery-powered, rubber tired, personnel carrier on the 2nd 48 supply road. As he traveled outby, for a presently undetermined reason, the golf cart veered suddenly to the l...
10/04/2013 MARSHALL COUNTY MINE MACHINERY WV While in the process of pulling top chain onto the longwall conveyor panline, the chain became fouled. While examining the area, an apparent failure of the sheave anchor point may have occurred allow...
09/19/2013 Northrup Quarry POWERED HAULAGE PA temperature were around 70 degrees, sunny and dry day. Adding to narrative per prelim **The victim was operating a 2 1/2 ton truck up a steep roadway. He was hauling water tanks on the bed of the truc...
09/18/2013 Caldwell Quarry FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS KY victim entered a hopper without power locked and tagged out and without fall protection