Mining Incidents

Global Stone James River operator

Controlled by Global Stone Corp
MSHA operator ID: L14635
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
11
Mines on record
3
Years on record
1996–1998

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Incident timeline

1998
2
1997
5
1996
4 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
July 21, 1996 VA · Metal/Non-Metal Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Global Stone James River · Contact with electrical current

VICTIM APPEARED TO BE ELECTROCUTED WHILE FISHING. AN OVERSIZED PUMP CIRCUIT ACTING IN CONCERT WITH A PUMP CABLE SPLICE DAMAGED BY FLOOD WATERS, A 3'8" WIRE ROPE, AND A CREEK APPEARED TO PROVID E A CURRENT PATH FROM THE DAMAGED CABLE TO THE VICTIM.

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