Mining Incidents

Steve L LawsonController

MSHA Controller ID: M09788
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
21
Mines on record
7
Period

Top causes

  • FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS1 fatality
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS9 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON6 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY2 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 non-fatal
  • EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2005
7 (1f)
2004
5
2003
1
2002
3
2001
5

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

Employee was cleaning rock dust bin #2 from inside of bin #2; material on sides of bin #2 collapsed, engulfing employee; causing his death.