The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Aug. 3, a miner at Bridgeport Stone Plant, Wise County, Texas, was run over by a customer tractor-trailer while walking to his normal work area.
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MSHA Reports Eighth Fatality
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on April 19, a miner at Frontera Materials, Hidalgo, Texas, stopped his haul truck in front of his personal vehicle to get his lunch. While standing and eating his lunch, the haul truck rolled forward, pinning the miner between the haul truck and his personal truck.
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The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Feb. 22, a 26-year-old underground chute puller at Nyrstar’s Immel zinc mine in Knox County, Tenn., was fatally injured as a passenger of a rail-mounted locomotive when he was crushed between the deck of the locomotive and an overhead chute.
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The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Feb. 8, a miner at Washington County Aggregates Inc, Washington, Mo., was fatally injured when he became entangled in a fluted tail pulley while attempting to shovel under an adjacent fluted tail pulley.
Read MoreMSHA Reports Second Metal/Nonmetal Fatality of 2021
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Jan. 19, 2021, a miner at Clyde Companies’ Hansen Pit, Salt Lake County, Utah, backed a haul truck to the edge of a dump point that was over-steepened by a loader removing material at the bottom of the slope. When the edge of the bank failed, the haul truck traveled backwards and…
Read MoreMSHA Reports 29 Mine-Related Deaths in 2020
In 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported there were 29 mining fatalities, making it the sixth consecutive year that mining fatalities were below 30. Among those fatalities, five occurred in coal mines, a historic low.
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The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Oct. 14 a lead person was killed when his pickup truck was struck by a haul truck at Vulcan Materials’ Columbia Quarry, Richland, S.C.
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The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on July 29, a miner at a sand and gravel operation in Wright, Mo., was injured when his arm became entangled in a stacker conveyor belt. The victim was airlifted to a trauma center where he passed away a week later.
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The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on June 10, a 22-year-old contractor with three years of experience, was fatally injured when he was pinned between a front-end loader and a concrete block.
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The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on May 13, a 59-year-old supervisor with 40 years of experience was fatally injured when the stationary crane he was operating fell 85 ft. into the quarry.
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