Mining Incidents

Atlas QuarriesMining Incidents in 2016

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Atlas Quarries operations in 2016. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2016
1
Total incidents
2
Year
2016

Top incident classifications

  1. 01POWERED HAULAGE1 incident
  2. 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident

All incidents in 2016

Struck against a moving object

A Cat D250E haul truck was positioning to dump a load of material. The employee stopped three times before going backwards over the highwall.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Cutting skirt rubber from old conveyor belt. Tripped and fell.

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to Atlas Quarries's numeric MSHA operator ID.