Mining Incidents

WADE RATHBONE PITMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Edwin A Wade
Addison, Steuben County, NY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3003215
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Oct 2002

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
Struck against a moving object

DIGGING INTO A 10 FT FACE WALL WITH A FRONT END LOADER, THE OPERATOR DUG OR REMOVED MATERIAL UNTIL THE BERM ABOVE FELL IN. THEN THE OPERATOR TRAVELED AROUND TO THE TOP OF THE WALL AND BACKED O VER IT.