MSHA records classify 4 US mining fatalities under Nonpowered Haulage, across 2,054 reportable incidents.
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On June 23, 2018 at approximately 9:20 am an employee mounted a pair of slow moving rail cars to apply the brakes. The employee fell and was struck by the pair of freewheeling hopper rail cars. The employee was fatally injured because of the fall and being struck by the moving rail cars.
An R-35 Euclid Haul truck and a rail car collided.
ATTEMPTING TO A3CHOR DREDGE EMPL LOST BALANCE AND FELL ONTO BACK OF THE WORKBOAT.BOAT TOOK WATER AND SANK.NOT WEARING A LIFE JACKET..STANDING IN BOAT WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE.VICTIM COULDNT SW IM. 3
#2 DIGESTER UNIT WAS BEING PREPARED FOR A VALVE CHANGE. THIS REQUIRES THAT THE HEATERS AND HOLIZONTAL DIGESTERS IN BLDG. 30 BE SHUT DOWN AND DRAINED. AS THE UNITS DRAIN, THE TRENCH IN BLDG 60 XX 30 OVERFLOWS UNTIL THE SUMP PUMP CAN APPROPRAIATELY TRANSFER THE LIQUOR. THE INJURED EMP WAS COLLECTING SHIFT REPORTS FROM THE VARIOUS CONTROL ROOMS ON A TWO-WHEELED BICYCLE FROM OFFICE TO