MSHA Reports 12th Fatality of 2023

MSHA reported that on March 15, a miner at Vulcan Materials’ Fort Pierce Mine, St Lucie County, Fla., drowned when the ground sloughed, causing the excavator he was operating to topple into a water-filled pit. The excavator became submerged in approximately 25 ft. of water. This is the 12th fatality reported in 2023, and the fourth classified as “Machinery.”  MSHA recommends…

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MSHA Reports Second Fatality of 2023

MSHA reported that on Jan.17, a miner at Taiheiyo Cement Corp.’s Mojave Plant & Quarry, Kern, Calif., was fatally injured when his personal car collided with a customer truck. Both vehicles were traveling toward each other in opposite directions on an icy mine access road. This is the second fatality reported in 2023, and the first classified as “Powered Haulage.” MSHA…

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Recent Deaths of Miners Working Alone Spurs MSHA Action

In the first three months of 2017, five miners died in accidents that occurred when they were working alone on mine property. To raise awareness of the potential dangers in doing so, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has launched an initiative to focus on the hazards miners may encounter when they work in areas…

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