Mining Incidents in Nebraska

As an employee was leaving work for the day employee ran into a gate that was partially open and this resulted in the driver's death.

The driver was operating a articulated truck hauling dirt from the back of the lake. Driver lost control of the vehicle for an undetermined reason and drove the vehicle over the berm and into the lake. Operator was removed from the truck and transported to local hospital then later moved to Kearney then transferred to Omaha Hospital where he died on 3/19/15.

Forklift turned over - The miner was operating a forklift, traveling on a decline toward the mine entrance, when the forklift went out of control. The forklift struck a concrete support for the belt conveyor and overturned, killing him.

Two front end loaders, one on each side, were being used to position an 80 foot section of 18 inch diameter pipe in the waters edge. When the loader on the right was about 25-30 feet from the lake, the bank started to cave in. Within 3 minutes the loader was submerged in about 20 feet of water.

The victim was dumping sand and gravel into the plant grizzly with a skid loader when he over traveled the stop block. The loader rolled into the grizzly and overturned. The victim was thrown out of the loader and fatally injured.

ONE EMPLOYEE INSIDE CAB OF TRUCK, ONE EMPLOYEE UNDER TRUCK TRYING TO TROUBLE-SHOOT PROBLEM WITH THE PTO CABLE. BED RAISED INADVERTENTLY AND VICTIM PLACED HIMSELF BETWEEN THE TRUCK BED AND FRA ME TO WATCH EMPLOYEE UNDER THE TRUCK BED. BED INADVERTENTLY LOWERED ON THE VICTIM. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL AND PASSED AWAY SEVERAL HOURS LATER.

WAS NOT WEARING LIFT JACKET WHEN CLEANING OUT DEBRIS FROM CUTTERHEAD, FELL INTO WATER AND DROWNED.

FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF TRANSFERRING MATERIAL FROM THE STORAGE DOME, INJURED APPARENTLY ENTERED THE DOME ALONE. HIS BODY WAS LATER DISCOVERED IN THE DOME. HE HAD APPARENTLY BEEN BURIED BY TH E MATERIAL STORED IN THE DOME.

AT APPROX 10:30PM A SECTION OF ROOF FELL STRIKING THE VICTIM THE PIECE WAS APPROX 8FT LONG BY 5FT WIDE BY 2IN-12IN THICK PIECE FELL OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS

IT WAS NECESSARY FOR EMPL TO RAISE BOOM ON MOBILE TRUCK CRANE SO ANOTHER EMPL COULD CHECK FUEL FILTER.MOTOR ON TRUCK HAD DIED & END OF BOOM WAS DIRECTLY BENEATH 13,800 VOLVT LINE. OPERATOR HAD ARC FROM ELECTRIC LINE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH BOOM. OPERATOR SAW FIRE BUT CONTINUED TO HOLD BOOM RAISING LEVER & BOOM CONTINUED TO RISE. OPERATOR TURNED LOOSE OF LEVER & JUMPED FREE OF CRANE.

NO WITNESS TO ACCIDENT,3-4 MIN.BEFORE PUMPER WAS DISCOVERED MISSING,LOADER MAN SAW EMPL GOING TO THE REAR OF THE BARGE NEAR SUCTION.SAW WATER STOP & WENT TO CHECK.COULDNT FIND I.NAME.CALLED ON RADIO TO OFC,CALLED 911 FOR RESCUE TEAM & DIVERS.I.NAME FOUND IN WATER,BODY RECOVERED-HAD BEEN IN WATER 40-45 MIN WHEN RECOVERED.

I,NAME AND THRE9 EMPLOYEES WERE REVERSING ELECTRICAL ROTATION ON A 250 H.P. MOTOR, I,NAME AND OTHER EMPLOYEE WERE LIFTED OVER A FENCED TRANSFORMER GROUP WITH A FRONT-END LOADER. THE OVERHEAD F EED TO THE TRAN8FORMERS HAD NOT BEEN DISCONNECTED. I,NAME CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE OVERHEAD FEED TO THE TRANSFORMER WHILE REPLACING FUSED CUT-OUTS AND WAS ELECTROCUTED.

I NAME AND I NA4E EMPLOYEES OF THE OL&B RAILROAD, WERE CUTING UP A RAILROAD CAR, WORKING ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE CAR. I NAME HEARD THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAR FALL. HE THEN SAW I NAME LYING UNDER THE CAR S3DE. I NAME WAS TAKEN BY HELICOPTER TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED 9 12 87

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING DUST OFF OF A BEND PULLEY WITH A METAL SCRAPER. THE SCRAPER WAS CAUGHT BY THE PULLEY AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLED INTO THE CONVEYOR BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE PULLEY

EMPL CHECKING MOTION SWITCHES STEPPED FROM LADDER INTO HOT DUST CAUSING BURNS TO FEET,LEGS,ONE HAND.

WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IS UNKNOWN

WHILE REPAIRING A 50T OFFHIGHWAY TRUCK, WORKING UNDER THE RAISED AND BLOCKED BED, THE BLOCKS KICKED OUT, AND THE BED FELL SUDDENLY AFTER THREE HOURS OF STABILITY, CRUSHING EMPLOYEE INSTANTLY, FRACTURING SKULL AND CAUSING OTHER MULTIPLE FRACTURES.