Mining Incidents
Trainer view Print or save as PDF from your browser (⌘P / Ctrl+P).
← Standard view
Case study · MSHA Record #220071090026

Miner fatality

April 5, 2007 at 3:45 PM
Salado Operations, Lometa · 1845 Texas Stone Products, Inc. · Lampasas County, TX
Investigator narrative
Operator hired contractor ee for the first time to replace tires on a Case 721 wheel loader. He was to supply all parts, tools, equipment, and labor. Experienced miner escorted contractor to the wheel loader. Contractor did not inform operator of any hazards that might be created by his works. He was underneath loader when the loader fell off two jacks onto him.
Record details
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Activity at time
Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Total mining experience
20 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
20 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
Similar incidents in MSHA records · same classification: FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
  • July 11, 2026 · Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company LLC · PA · Outside Foreman

    At roughly 12:30 am on Saturday 7/11/26 employee was overcome by clean coal while shoveling spillage out from bottom of Clean Coal Silo. Employee is currently in hospital. Vitals are stable but final outcome still TBD. ***EE passed away 07/20/2026***

  • March 3, 2026 · North American Silica Sand, LLC · TX · Cement Worker

    A contractor died after a concrete retaining wall collapsed into the excavated trench below crushing EE.

  • March 3, 2026 · North American Silica Sand, LLC · TX · Cement Worker

    Unsure of what conditions contributed to the death