Mining Incidents

Peter R DawsonController

MSHA Controller ID: 0108687
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
22
Mines on record
6
Period

Top causes

  • MACHINERY1 fatality · 4 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON5 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)5 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS3 non-fatal
  • STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT1 non-fatal
  • POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS)1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2025
4 (1f)
2024
5
2022
2
2021
1
2019
1
2018
1
2017
1
2016
5
2014
1
2013
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
Struck by falling object

It rained and the mining pit needed to be dewatered. EE was at the mine site alone. It was reported that EE's spouse, was in the truck on the mine site while EE went into the pit. EE moved the telehandler into the pit, parked it on the bottom of the pit parallel on the ramp. EE exited the tele. While standing outside of the tele facing east, the tele fell over onto EE, crushing EE.