Utility operator was preparing to wash out the rail scale. The loader operator was weighing the loader on the scale. The loader operator announced on the radio that he was moving the loader off the scale. He slowly moved forward when he observed the utility operator on the ground. The utility operator apparently fell and was crushed by the front left tire of the loader.
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- POWERED HAULAGE 3 fatalities · 33 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 2 fatalities · 52 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 fatality
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 109 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 85 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 53 non-fatal
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Mines on record
- Dalton Mill GA
- Anderson Mine and Mill TN
- Lowell Mine & Mill FL
- Gleason Mills & Mines TN
- Crab Orchard Mine and Mill TN
- Nolanville Mine & Mill TX
- Crawford Mine & Mill TX
- FRANKLIN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS TX
- U S Hill Mine NM
- Moss Mine & Mill NC
- Velarde Mill NM
- Battleground Mill NC
- CRAB ORCHARD MILL TN
- Henry County Mines & Mill TN
- Patterson Mine and Mill NC
- Crab Orchard Quarry TN
Fatalities under this controller
6 recordedTEAM MEMBERS WERE CONDUCTING ROUTINE RAILCAR LOADOUT PROCEDURES. AFTER PULLING A RAILCAR OFF THE SCALES, HE STEPPED UP TO THE RAILCAR TO UNHOOK IT FROM THE LOADER OPERATOR WHILE IT WAS STILL I N MOTION. AT THE SAME INSTANT THE RAILCAR ROLLED PAST THE LOADER CAUSING THE ACCIDENT.
ROCK FELL FROM PILLAR STRIKING GROUND AND FALLING ONTO EMP, CRUSHING HIS HEAD BETWEEN THE DRILL DOGS AT BOTTOM OF DRILL AND ROCK.
WHILE OPERATING MOTOR GRADER EMPLOYEE BACKED DOWNHILL TO BOTTOM OF INCLINE. EMP STARTED THE GRADER UP THE INCLINE AND HAD MOVED 70 FT WHEN MOTOR QUIT AND GRADER STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS, EMP JUMPED OUT THE L DOOR OF GREADER LANDING ON HIS FEET AND FALLING TO GROUND, THEN THE BACK SIDE OF BLADE HIT HIM AND THEN THE L FRONT TIRE RAN OVER HIM
THE OPERATOR HA8 BACKED THE DRAGLINE INTO MINING POSITION WITH THE CAB FACING THE PIT. ONCE IN POSITION THE OPERATOR FAILED TO APPLY THE PARKING BRAKES. THERE WAS NO SAFETY BERM BETWEEN THE TR ACKS AND THE PI7. THE MACHINE STARTED TRAVELING TOWARD THE HOLE. THE OPERATOR GOT OUT OF THE CAB AND TRIED TO CLIMB OVER THE SAFETY RAIL AS THE MACHINE WAS TRAVELING INTO THE PIT. THE MACHINE
VICTIM WAS REPLACING BUCKETS ON A BUCKET ELEVATOR WHEN A CO-WORKER STARTED THE ELEVATOR AS NORMAL NOT AWARE THE VICTIM WAS IN IT. HE WAS CAUGHT BE HIND THE HEAD AND PINNED IN THE MATERIAL AT T HE BOTTOM OF THE ELEVATOR. RESCUE EFFORTS TOOK ABOUT 20 MINUTES DURING THIS TIME THERE WAS NO AIR OTHER THAN A SMALL HOLE DUG OUT.
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