Mining Incidents

Sunrise Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Rodney S Bennett
Clark County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602135

MSHA record for Sunrise Pit (mine ID 2602135). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
Nov 1991

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
November 11, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Skyline Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ASSUME OPERATOR JUMPED OR WAS THROWN FROM FRONT END LOADER AS IT WAS DESCENDING BACKWARDS DOWN SLOPE. IT APPEARED LOADER BACKED OVER OPERATOR, RESULTING IN A FATAL INJURY.

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