Maryland has 23 recorded mining fatalities on file with MSHA, across 5,578 reportable incidents (1984–2012).
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While operating a skid steer loader in reverse, it overturned in body of water.
4 workers were taking screens out of tower early in the shift. Later, supervisor looked & saw no one so he turned the plant on. Victim was standing on a belt conveyor, working inside the chute & the belt conveyor started. He was pulled out of the chute & conveyed under 2 other chutes located on the same belt conveyor. After the belt was shut down he was found under 3rd chute.
A highwall measuring approx 150' long, 180' high, & 75' wide collapsed resulting in fatal injuries to 2 miners that were working beneath the highwall. One was operating an excavator & the other was operating a bulldozer. Examination of the remaining highwall indicates the highwall failure originated at the toe of the columnar section above the Pittsburgh Big Vein coal seam.
A highwall measuring approx 150' long, 180' high, & 75' wide collapsed resulting in fatal injuries to 2 miners that were working beneath the highwall. One was operating an excavator & the other was operating a bulldozer. Examination of the remaining highwall indicates the highwall failure originated at the toe of the columnar section above the Pittsburgh Big Vein coal seam.
The Jeffrey Locomotive EE was operating struck a longwall support that was loaded on a low boy parked at 66 brk switch on E-1 track. Locomotives were being staged at this location for transport to Submains. Locomotives were advancing one at a time.
DRILLER WAS IN DRILL CAB PREPARING TO DRILL AN 18' DEEP ANGLE HOLE. DRILL HAD BEEN LEVELLED AND ALL JACKS HAD BEEN EXTENDED. DERRICK WAS BEING POSITIONED WHEN DRILL OVERTURNED ONTO RIGHT SIDE, TRAPPING DRILLER IN CAB.
PERSON SHUT SHEARER DOWN TO CHANG EBITS IN SHEARER DRUMS AT START OF SHIFT. SHEARER OPERATOR POSITIONED SHEARER AT #32 SHEILD AND COMPLETED LOCK OUT PRECEDURES. OTHER EMPLOYEES STARTED CARRY ING BITS AND SERVICING MACHINE. INJURED PERSON WAS STRUCK BY PIECE OF ROCK WHICH FELL FROM ROOF AND STRUCK HIM CAUSING MUTLIPLE INJURIES.
EMPLOYEE OPERATING MOBILE SWEEPER WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH WHEN HE ENTERED A RAILROAD LOADING TUNNEL THAT WAS ACTIVE. A STRING OF FIVE LOADED RAIL CARS WAS PUSHED BY A LOCOMOTIVE INTO THE AREA WHE RE HIS SWEEPER WAS. THE SWEEPER WAS PUSHED BACKWARDS BY THE END RAIL CAR UNTIL IT STRUCK A BUILDING COLUMN AND THE CAB CRUSHED. EMPLOYEE DIED IN THE CAB.
SURVIVOR STATES THAT HE & TWO OTHER PEOPLE WERE TRAVELING IN A BOAT & HIGH WINDS CAUSED A WAVE TO SINK THE BOAT. THEY WERE IN A POND & WERE RETURNING TO SHORE AFTER HAVING LEFT THE DREDGE.
SURVIVOR STATES THAT HE & TWO OTHER PEOPLE WERE TRAVELING IN A BOAT & HIGH WINDS CAUSED A WAVE TO SINK THE BOAT. THEY WERE IN A POND & WERE RETURNING TO SHORE AFTER HAVING LEFT THE DREDGE.
TEFLON INSERT BROKE OUT OF CONCRETE COUNTERWEIGHT WHILE EE WAS INSTALLING IT. COUNTERWEIGHT BROKE FREE FROM CRANE, THROWING EE TO THE GROUND. EE WAS KILLED INSTANTLY.
INVESTIGATION REVEALS EMPLOYEE WAS CONTACTED BY ELECTRICITY THROUGH THE HOIST BLOCK HOOK WHEN THE HOIST CABLE STRUCK OVERHEAD 7600 VOLT POWER LINE.
EMPLOYEE FELL APPROX. 10' FROM REAR OF 50 TON HAUL TRUCK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PUMP WATER FROM BED. LOST HIS FOOTING AT REAR NEAR LADDER. HE DIED OF HIS INJURIES ON JULY 6.
WHILE REPAIRING CONVEYOR BELT, EMPLOYEE REACHED OUT TO THE HAND RAIL IN ORDER TO STEP DOWN TO THE CATWALK, WHEN DOING SO, THE HAND RAIL GAVE AWAY WITH HIS WEIGHT CAUSING HIM TO GO OVER THE SID E APPROXIMATELY 22' (TWENTY-TWO FEELT) TO THE GROUND LANDING IN NEARLY A SEATED POSITION.
TRYING TO ADJUST BELT THAT CARRIES STONE FROM JAW CRUSHER WHILE BELT WAS IN MOTION VICTIM PULLED IN TO THE BELT BETWEEN BELT AND TAKE UP ROLLER. VICTIM SUFFERED FATAL HEAD INJURIES
INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS ON SECTION.INSERTING RESIN AND BOLT INTO HOLE WHEN ROOF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON TOP AND BACK PUSHING HIM INTO BOLTING MACHINE.THIS CAUSED INTERNAL CRUSHING INJURIES.
ACCIDENT VICTIM DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS APPROXIMATELY 2:00 A.M. 1-5-90. DISCUSSED WITH WORK FORCE THE PROPER WAY TO MOUNT AND DISMOUNT EQUIPMENT. PED, STRUCK TIRE OF LOADER AND FELL TO THE GROUND. IMPACT OF THE FALL CAUSED BROKEN RIBS.
I NAME WAS TRAPPED IN CHEVROLET C-10 PICK-UP TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING AS THE RESULT OF BEING BACKED OVER BY A CATERPILLAR 775 HAUL TRUCK HE PULLED DIRECTLY BEHIND THE TRUCK BEYOND SIGHT OF WHERE H E COULD BE SEEN FROM THE CAB OF THE CAT TRUCK WHEN THE CAT OF THE CAT TRUCK PROCEEDED BACKWARDS IT CRUSHED THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK TRAPPING THE DRIVER
VICTIM WAS INSTALLING BELT HANGERS AS PART OF REHABILITATION PROJECT. HE HAD INSTALLED HANGER & ASSISTED COWORKER. VICTIM RETURNED TO LEFT SIDE OF BOLTER HEAD NEAR DRILL CONTROLS. WHILE HE WAS WAITING HE WS STRUCK BY MASSIVE RIB ROLL WHICH OCCURRED SUDDENLY & WITHOUT WARNING.
WALKING CRANE T2 SUMP AREA, OPERATOR DID NOT STOP CRANE. CRANE WENT OVER 8' DROP AND LANDED ON TOP OF OPERATOR AND OPERATOR SUFFACATED.