Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #220161580012

Backhoe Operator, Trackhoe Operator

June 3, 2016 at 11:25 AM
Harmony Mine & Mill · Surface · Metal/Nonmetal
Copiah County, MS
ClassificationINUNDATION
TypeCaught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Investigator narrative
A track hoe was loading a haul unit with gravel to take to wash plant and the dam on a slush pond broke and covered up both the tack hoe and the haul unit with the workers in them.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Power Shovel, Dragline
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type
Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Source of injury
BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Total mining experience
17 years
Experience at this mine
6.9 years
Experience in this job
6.9 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
Verify on MSHA

Every record on this page mirrors what MSHA publishes under its Open Government Data program, refreshed weekly. MSHA does not publish per-accident URLs — the Accidents data is distributed as a single bulk file — so this is how to retrieve the source for the specific record below:

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220161580012 · Mine ID 2200650Trainer view →