Mining Incidents

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273,193
Of which fatal
1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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July 30, 2002 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bedrock Materials Ltd · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EXPERIENCED MINER ACCIDENTALLY STEPPED ON A ROCK, & TWISTED HIS ANKLE. SEEMED TO BE SPRAINED, BUT HOSPITAL TALKED LIKE IT WAS BROKEN.

September 4, 2001 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Bedrock Materials Ltd · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EXPERIENCED QUARRY FOREMAN GOT HAND CAUGHT IN PULLY. HAND WAS CUT OFF, AS WELL AS A THUMB ON THE OTHER HAND. PULLY HAD BEEN GUARDED BUT GUARD WAS REMOVED DUE TO SERVICING.

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