Laborer fatality
EMPL FATALLY INJURED CLEANING OUT PELLETIZING FEED SCREW.EMPL REMOVED GUARDS WHILE SCREW WAS RUNNING.EMPL WAS WEARING LONG SLEEVED SHIRT WITH CUFFS UNBUTTONED.SCREW WAS NOT DEENGERIZED OR LOCK ED OUT.
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between NEC
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
- Source of injury
- CONVEYORS,NEC
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 0 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 0 years
- Mine type
- Facility
- Sector
- Metal/Non-Metal
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October 5, 2026 · Cyber Square, LLC · LA · Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver
The employee was walking back from their vehicle along the haul road near the employee break room when they were struck by a Caterpillar 966 front end loader. Emergency Services were immediately contacted via 911, and EMS was dispatched to the scene. The accident resulted in a fatality the circumstances surrounding…
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July 6, 2026 · Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. · AZ · Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver
Rear-end collision involving two haul trucks on a haul road.
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July 6, 2026 · U.S. Lime Company-St. Clair · OK · Utility Man
At the time of filing it is believed the miner was riding on the back of a railcar when the railcar derailed and pinned the miner between the railcar and a nearby structure. The miner was transported to a medical facility where EE died the following day.