Mining Incidents

YANKEEE PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by William Blattner Jr
Elko County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602214

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1995
Latest incident
Dec 1995
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1995 · 1 incident

December 13, 1995 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
D H Blattner & Sons Inc · Struck against a moving object

ON THE NIGHT OF 12-12 IT HAD SNOWED AND RAINDE MAKING THE HAUL ROADS SLICK. TEMP AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT WAS RIGHT ABOVE FREEZING THE HAUL TRUCKDRIVER WAS COMING BACK INTO PIT EMPTY AND SLID O N A CORNER. SMASHED INTO HIGHWALL W/LFT FRNT TIRE OF THE TRUCK.