Struck by rolling or sliding object
Employee was operating a track hoe, digging dirt from a bank. He was finishing for the day and backing the track hoe up when a large clod of dirt rolled down and hit him in his left side.
BUFFALO VALLEY MINEMetal/Nonmetal
Robert E Lee · Surface
Controlled by Robert E Lee
Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, NC · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3102099
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2006–2007
- Latest incident
- Apr 2007
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2007 · 1 incident
2006 · 1 incident
Fall from machine
EE states he was repairing a belt on the left side of a dirt sand screener. His foot slipped and he fell to the ground.