MSHA record for Flatbush (mine ID 4607204). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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VICTIM BACKED ROCK TRUCK OVER 26 FOOT HIGHWALL INTO PIT AREA WITH 7 FEET OF WATER. INJURY TERMINAL. OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE DEATH CERTIFICATE WILL READ THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS DROWNI NG.
REPAIR BATTERY CABLE ON D9W, HOOKING BATTERY BACK UP AND CABLE ARCED. BATTERY ACID FLEW IN HIS EYES. HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON. RIGHT EYE WAS INJURED.
INDIVIDUAL WAS SWINGING SEGMENTS WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER ON A D-9 DOZER LARGE METAL FLEW & STRUCK HIM IN LEFT HAND PENETRATED THROUGH LEATHER GLOVES.
EMPL BENT OVER TO GREASE FITTING ON BUCKET. WHEN HE REUTRNED TO UPRIGHT POSITION HE HAD BACK PAIN.
I NAME IS A VOLUNTEER FIREMAN FOR COALTON FIRE DEPT HE WAS ASSISTING IN RECOVERY EFFORTS PERTAINING TO THE FATILITY AT THE MINE SITE ON NOV 9 1989
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.