Mining Incidents in Michigan

Four employees were installing a steel plate. The plate was 20' wide x 8' high x 1" thick. A small loader put the forks against the plate 5 feet up. The operator re-position the forks 3 feet lower so employee 1 could stand on forks and get a better reach. The plate became unstable and fell on top of employee 1, pinning the employee.

Supervisor pick-up was struck by haul truck, resulting in a fatality.

Per MSHA Preliminary Report: The screen plant was being attached to a front-end loader in preparation of being moved into the pit. The victim was proceeding to hook them together when the equipment moved, pinning the victim. The victim was later discovered injured and leaning against the loader bucket. The victim died of their injuries the following day.

16 yard Rohr Dredge located in lake on N Hummer Lake Rd in Oxford flipped over (cause unknown at this time). Employee drowned. Employee's body was recovered at 5:35 pm. Incident is under investigation by MSHA inspector Steve Field.

Employee fell from stack cap level to preheat level suffering fatal injuries.

Employee crawled 16 feet under primary and was entangled in tailpulley.

EE and Another EE responded to a stuck pallet alarm on Unit IV cooler. He became trapped when the cooler pallet released on its own causing the dump arm and wheel to swing up and strike him in the head, pinning him between the dump arm wheel and the rail.

CRANE TIPPED OVER INTO WATER WITH OPERATOR IN MACHINE.

EE's were attempting to raise the crusher discharge conveyer when a support bracket broke, causing the end of conveyer to raise upward striking the victim. The conveyer was being raised with a hoisting boom mounted to the bucket of the front end loader.

ANOTHER EE WAS DRIVING A KAWASAKI K2110-II LOADER AND WAS BACKING UP WHEN INJ EE DROVE HIS S10 PICKUP BEHIND THE LOADER. THE IMPACT CAUSE IMMEDIATE DEATH TO THE EMPLOYEE. DRIVER OF THE L OADER WAS NOT INJURED.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A SECTION OF CATWALK. HE CRAWLED UNDER THE CATWALK AND CUT THE SUPPORT BOLTS, ALLOWING THE SECTION TO FALL ON HIM.

EE CLIMBED UP AND STOOD ON THE EDGE OF THE GRAVEL, LOG WASHER. WHILE PULLING ON A PIPE IT GAVE WAY LETTING HIM TUMBLE INTO THE LOG WASHER. WASHER WAS RUNNING AT THAT TIME.

DECEASED WAS RUN OVER BY A SKID STEER CLEAN UP LOADER.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A PRY BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED AND HE OFF OF THE WALKWAY ONTO THE TRACK AND THEN HE FELL TO THE GROUND.

EE WAS OPERATING A DOZER TO FREE A DISABLED TRUCK. THE EE BACKED THE DOZER TO THE REAR OF THE TRUCK AND UTILIZED A CHAIN TO TOW THE DIABLE TRUCK. THE CHAIN WAS PROPERLY ATTACHED TO THE PROVIDE D TOW HOOKS ON THE TRUCK/TRAILER AND THE DRAW BAR WAS UTILIZED ON THE DOZER THE CHAIN FAILED AND THE EE WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD. THE SEVERITY OF THE INJURY WAS NOT FULLY KNOWN UNTIL LATER.

IMPROPER PARKING ON SLOPE AND FAILURE TO SET BRAKES

NORTHWEST INDUSTRIAL SERVICES INC. EMPLOYEE EE ENTERED CRC PROPERTY WITHOUT NOTICE OR CONTACTING CRC SECURITY AND WAS REMOVING CRC-OWNED EQIPMENT WITHOUT CRC AUTHORIZATION. EE WAS USING A CUT TING OTRCH WITHOUT SUPERVISION OR PROPER EQUIPMENT (CRANE) TO PARTIALLY CUT THE STEEL SUPPORT BRACING FROM THE HEADFRAMME OF THE #3 SHAFTHOUSE ON CRC PROPERTY. WHILE MAKING THE CUT THE STEEL

RIGHT HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH PINCH POINT ON RETURN IDLER ROLLER ON SAND CONVEYOR UNDER PRIMARY SCREEN. FOUND VICTIM WEDGED BETWEEN CONVEYOR AND A RETURN IDLER UNDERNEATH BELT.

WE BELIEVE THAT WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES ON THE THOMAS SKID STEER LOADER. EE PLACED HIMSELF BETWEEN THE BOOM ARMS AND THE FRONT OF THE BODY, HE ACTUATED THE BOOM DOWN CONTROL, T HE BOOM ARM CYLINDERS ACTUATED, PINCHING HIM IN BETWEEN. THE HYDRAULIC CONTROL CABLES WERE NOT PRPERLY ADJUSTED AT THE TIME.

CONTRACTOR CONTRACTED TO DISASSEMBLE AND MOVE PORTABLE CONVEYORS. WHILE CONVEYOR SECTIONS WERE BEING LOADED ON SUBCONTRACTORS TRUCK. A SECTION DROPPED CRUSHING THE SUBCONTRACTERS TRUCK DRIVER. THE MINE WAS CLOSED FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS BUT THE CONTRACTOR WAS DOING A JOB HE WAS CONTRACTED TO DO.