An upstate New York court accepted a mine manager’s guilty plea today to manslaughter in the second degree, a Class C felony. Anthony Valente, a mine manager at a Grafton limestone quarry, admitted to causing Darren Miller’s death in October 2022 by recklessly disregarding and overriding safety features of a crane Valente was operating, which resulted in a piece of…
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MSHA Reports 32nd Fatality of 2023
MSHA reported that on Sept. 12, a haul truck operator at Cape Sandy #1, Crawford, Ind., died after his haul truck backed through the berm at a dump point and became submerged in a pond. This is the 32nd fatality reported in 2023, and the eighth classified as “Powered Haulage.” MSHA recommends the following best practices to avoid this type…
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MSHA reported that on Aug. 21, a crusher lid that was being moved into place at Portable Crusher #2, Pueblo, Colo., struck a miner when the rigging broke. The miner died from his injuries on Aug. 23.
Read MoreMSHA Reports 18th Fatality of 2023
MSHA reported that on May 2, a miner at Plant 280, Brookings, S.D., died when he was struck by a mobile radial stacker conveyor. This is the 18th fatality reported in 2023, and the fourth classified as “Powered Haulage.” MSHA recommends the following best practices to avoid this type of accident: Provide safe access to all working places by identifying…
Read MoreMSHA Reports 25th Fatality
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Oct. 17 a miner at Holcim’s Ada quarry and plant in Pontotoc County, Okla., died when he fell approximately 90 ft. from the walkway outside the plant’s mill building. This is the 25th fatality reported in 2022, and the third classified as “Slip or Fall of Person.” MSHA recommends the…
Read MoreMSHA Reports 23rd and 24th Fatalities
MSHA reported that on Oct. 7, a mechanic at a construction sand and gravel operation in Providence, R.I., was fatally injured when he was engulfed in material after he entered an air separator to clear a blockage. This is the 24th fatality reported in 2022, and the first classified as “Confined Space.” MSHA recommends the following best practices to…
Read MoreMSHA Reports Seventh Machinery Death of 2022
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Aug. 4, a mine manager at Wooten Sand & Gravel Inc., Miller County, Ark. died while performing maintenance on a bulldozer. While kneeling on the bulldozer’s track, the victim accidentally engaged the lever that put the bulldozer in reverse. The bulldozer track moved the victim to the rear of…
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A Number Of Aggregates Operations Have Suffered Fatalities So Far This Year. Here Is A Selection Of Incidents. The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Jan. 7, a 49-year-old front-end loader operator with 15 years of mining experience died at Arcosa’s Fayette County, Pa., operation when a large rock fell from the mine roof, crushing the cab…
Read MoreMSHA Reports 14th, 15th Fatalities
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on June 20, a contract driller was working outside of his drill at 3M Little Rock Industrial Mineral Products, Pulaski County, Ark., when he fell from the top of a highwall.
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The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Feb. 28, a contract miner died when he was crushed between the rib and a single boom face drill. The victim was alongside the drill using the onboard tram lever controls when the accident occurred because the remote control was inoperable. This is the eighth fatality reported in 2022, and…
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