Mining Incidents

Georgia A PavinController

MSHA Controller ID: M11595
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
6
Mines on record
3
Period

Top causes

  • MACHINERY1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 non-fatal
  • STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT1 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2013
1
2008
1 (1f)
2007
2
2005
1
2003
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
Drowning

The victim was using an excavator to free a dragline from an ice-covered pit floor. The excavator traveled over an ice-covered, 10 feet deep ditch and broke through the ice. The victim was ejected and was recovered from the water about 6 hours after accident.