Mining Incidents

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273,095
Of which fatal
1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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June 16, 2025 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Central State Aggregates LLC · Struck against a moving object

Coming off hill with loader, hit a pothole with loader, bucket went into ground causing EE to be thrown forward and hit the steering wheel.

April 8, 2009 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Central State Aggregates LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was lifting (with a truck-mounted hoist) a piece of cutting edge to be installed on the bucket of the Komatsu WA-500 endloader. When the cutting edge was nearly in place, the pin fell out of the lifting chain, causing the cutting edge to scrape along his thigh and shin.

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