Accident type, without injuries
Operator drove the excavator into a sump hole. He was in an area that he should not have been. The operator was trapped inside the cab for approxomately 1.5 hours. The operator was extracted and had no injuries.
Shade MineMetal/Nonmetal
Piedmont Mining, LLC · Surface
Controlled by Ted S Smith
Aiken, Aiken County, SC · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3800720
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2009
- Latest incident
- Feb 2009
No fatalities recorded at this mine.