Mining Incidents

County Line MineMining Incidents in 2000

All MSHA-reportable accidents at County Line Mine operations in 2000. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2000
1
Total incidents
2
Year
2000

Top incident classifications

  1. 01FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL1 incident
  2. 02OTHER1 incident

All incidents in 2000

Struck by falling object

THE VICTIM, EE, AGE 7 WAS COLLECTING QUARTZ CRYSTALS AT THE BASE OF THE HIGH WALL WHEN THE OVER BURDEN COLLAPSED STRIKING THE VICTIM KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE OWNER BROKE A BONE IN HIS LEFT LEG WHILE TRANSPORTING A FATALITY VICTIM FROM THE MINE SITE.

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 County Line Mine's numeric MSHA operator ID.