Mining Incidents

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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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August 25, 1994 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner OTHER
Asphalt Paving Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS MOVING TOWARD AND ASSISTING WITH A HAUL PACK TRUCK THAT ROLLED OVER. IN HIS HURRY TO ASSIST THE ACCIDENT SITE, HE TWISTED HIS LEFTKNEE.

May 20, 1992 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Asphalt Paving Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS OPERATING THE LOADER AT THE QUARRY FEEDING MATERIALS INTO THE HOPPER WHEN THE WIND CAME UP CAUSING BLOWING DIRT THROUGH THE CAB WINDOW. EE STATED HE HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON THE DIRT GOT B EHIND THE GLASSES AND ENTERED THE EYE.

December 5, 1991 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Asphalt Paving Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS WEARING GLASSES IN THE WIND. DIRT GOT BLOWN INTO HIS EYE.

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