Mining Incidents

East Coast Mines & MaterialsMining Incidents in 2021

All MSHA-reportable accidents at East Coast Mines & Materials operations in 2021. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2021
1
Total incidents
1
Year
2021

Top incident classifications

  1. 01POWERED HAULAGE1 incident

All incidents in 2021

Contact with electrical current

A customer's truck became caught in overhead wires when the driver deployed the automatic tarp in driveway while exiting the mine. The driver exited vehicle safely and was electrocuted when the driver attempted to climb back in to the truck while the tarp arms were still in contact with overhead power lines. The accident resulted in a fatality.

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 East Coast Mines & Materials's numeric MSHA operator ID.