Mining Incidents

Elba PitMetal/Nonmetal

Howard, Howard County, NE · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2500979
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Mar 2002

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ONE EMPLOYEE INSIDE CAB OF TRUCK, ONE EMPLOYEE UNDER TRUCK TRYING TO TROUBLE-SHOOT PROBLEM WITH THE PTO CABLE. BED RAISED INADVERTENTLY AND VICTIM PLACED HIMSELF BETWEEN THE TRUCK BED AND FRA ME TO WATCH EMPLOYEE UNDER THE TRUCK BED. BED INADVERTENTLY LOWERED ON THE VICTIM. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL AND PASSED AWAY SEVERAL HOURS LATER.