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Vanderbilt Gold Corp controller

MSHA controller ID: M03874

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 15
Mines on record: 2
Years on record: 1985–1991

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 3 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 3 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 2 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
ELECTRICAL 1 non-fatal
FIRE 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1991

1989

1988

1987

3 (1f)

1986

1985

Operators under this controller

Vanderbilt Gold Corp 15

Mines on record

MORNING STAR MINE CA
Morning Star Mine CA

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded

September 4, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Vanderbilt Gold Corp · Struck against a moving object

OUR NORMAL ROUT3NE WAS TO HAUL GRAVEL IN MORINGS & ORE TO CRUSHER IN AFTERNOON. LANES IN ROAD PREVENTED HAULING OF GRAVEL. SO WENT TO ORE DUMP TO HAUL ORE, SEING NO BERM & VERTICAL BANK CAUS BY LOADER REMOV3NG DURING NITE. WENT AND TOLD DRIVERS OF CHANGE THAT THERE WAS NO BERM OUT IN FRONT WOULD GET CAT TO PUCH OVER . MR CARLSON DID NOT FOLLOW ORDERS AND BACK HIS TRK 200 FT STRAI