Mining Incidents

Spencer Gene Hopper; Lucas HopperController

MSHA Controller ID: 0089913
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
4
Mines on record
1
Period

Top causes

  • MACHINERY1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
  • STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT1 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2025
1
2024
1
2023
1 (1f)
2019
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner was moving a rinse bucket to access a piece of metal that needed to be repaired and welded. As EE pulled the pin from the rinse bucket somehow the hydraulic cylinder gave way pinning the miner in between the bucket and a handrail. Resulting in the death of the miner.