Mining Incidents

Joel Oddee Smith; James Ron SmithController

MSHA Controller ID: M36851
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
6
Mines on record
2
Period

Top causes

  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON3 non-fatal
  • DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)1 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2016
1
2007
1
2005
1 (1f)
2004
3

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
Struck by falling object

The employee was stripping at gravel pit. The employee had dumped his load of dirt and was returning to the load site. At this time he chose to travel over a pile of dirt. as he was traveling over the pile of dirt he got too close to the edge of the pile and the equipment overturned and landed on him.