Mining Incidents

Daly PitMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Jim Rodgers
gillette, Campbell County, WY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4801610
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Jan 2002

Fatalities at this mine

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

MECHANICAL BRAKE FAILURE RESULTING FROM AN ENGINE STALL CAUSED THE 966C FRONT-END LOADER TO ROLL BACKWARDS DOWN THE STOCKPILE RAMP INTO THE VICTIM AND HIS 2001 DODGE PICK-UP. THIS CAUSED THE V ICTIM TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO VEHICLES RESULTING IN FATAL INTERNAL INJURIES. OUR INVESTIGATION IS STILL PENDING ON WHAT CAUSED ANY BRAKE FAILURE.