MSHA's accident file records 37 fatalities at mines in New York since 1983, listed by year. Each links to its incident record.
Truck ascending down hill
A Grove RT765E-2 crane was in use to install a motor into a Caterpillar 773B haul truck on level 3 in the quarry, when the auxiliary line broke, dropping the ball/hook onto a miner below, resulting in a fatal injury
A customer's truck became caught in overhead wires when the driver deployed the automatic tarp in driveway while exiting the mine. The driver exited vehicle safely and was electrocuted when the driver attempted to climb back in to the truck while the tarp arms were still in contact with overhead power lines. The accident resulted in a fatality.
An employee was attempting to clean out a previously blasted vertical drill hole with an air hose. A sudden release of pressure from an unknown source inside of the hole forced material to be ejected from the hole and struck the employee. The employee passed away from the incident.
About 3:15 pm., employee went to a storage building to get some planks. He climbed a stack of loaded pallets to get to the planks that were near the rafters and fell approximately 8 feet to the floor below and was found dead the next morning at approximately 6:02 am.
A miner become buried from material sliding down the face of a bank.
Employee was looking into Pegson stone hopper when the missing excavator tooth was ejected striking employee in the head.
The driller apparently attempted to load drill pipe into the carousel while the drill head was rotating. It appears a strap the driller was holding became entangled around the drill pipe after the drill pipe threaded into the drill head and rotated.
Customer was driving loaded dump truck down a grade when the truck went out of control. He jumped from the cab and was run over by the truck. Truck involved in accident was owned by a customer, not a contractor or mine operator.
Employee was walking near Gypsum Storage Building to return to the Finish Mill Building. Employee may have been struck by a piece of mobile equipment that was working in the area.
Employee was changing screen material in a triple deck screen when he fell over the hand rail. He fell approximately 56 feet to the ground below.
Employee was in dump truck waiting to be loaded with bulk salt from under 150 ton bin to transfer it to the stockpile pad on Cargill Deicing property. He was being loaded with salt when the brackets from the bin gave way and landed on the cab of his truck pinning him inside.
Miner was drilling a slab shot when the roof collapsed in on him causing fatal injuries.
Drop ball on crane fell striking victim in the head.
DIGGING INTO A 10 FT FACE WALL WITH A FRONT END LOADER, THE OPERATOR DUG OR REMOVED MATERIAL UNTIL THE BERM ABOVE FELL IN. THEN THE OPERATOR TRAVELED AROUND TO THE TOP OF THE WALL AND BACKED O VER IT.
AT THIS TIME THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT IS UNKNOWN. ON SAT. 10-30-99 HE WAS INSTALLING A FRONT TIRE ON A STONE SLINGER IN OUR SHOP. WE KNOW THAT THE TIRES WERE MOUNTED ON THE RIMS AND AIRED UP. WE ALSO KNOW THAT ONE TIRE WAS ON THE FRONT AXLE OF THE TRUCK. AFTER THAT, WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT OCCURRED. THE EXPLOSION WAS HEARD BY 2 PEOPLE IN THE DISPATCH OFFICE WHO RAN OUT AND FOUND HIM A
SUPERINTENDENT OF MINE SITE, CLEANING SCREENING MACHINE, APPARENTLY ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN RETURN IDLER ON CONVEYOR WITH 64" LONG METAL SCRAPER WAS PULLED BETWEEN THE IDLE AND BELT RESULTING IN H IS DEATH.
HE ATTEMPTED TO INFLATE A FLAT TIRE ON A CHEVE TANK C-50 WHEN THE TIRE BLOW UP HITTING HIM IN HEAD.
THE CRUSHER'S DISCHARGE CHUTE HAD HUNG UP WITH MATERIAL AND THE VICTIM WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO UNPLUG WITHOUT SHUTTING OFF THE POWER TO THE CRUSHER OR IT'S CONVEYOR. THE VICTIM WAS BEL OW THE CRUSHER'S DISCHARGE CHUTE, NEXT TO THE CRUSHER'S TAIL PULLEY, WHEN HE BECAME ENTANGLED AND DRAWN INTO THE TAIL PULLEY.
I INSTRUCTED HIM TO GO TO COLARUSSO'S QUARRY TO LOG OFF TREES THAT HAD BEEN CUT DOWN ON A SMALL AREA OF LAND THAT WILL BE MINED. HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO US A JOHN DEERE 350 DOZER WITH CHAIN TO AC COMPLISH THIS TASK. AT APPROX 8:15 AM THAT SAME MORNING I CAME INTO COLARUSSOS QUARRY WITH A SERVICE TRUCK TO FUEL UP THE DOZER THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE USING. I THEN LEFT AND GOT A PHONE CALL
EMPLOYEE WAS A PASSENGER IN G370 WHEN I NAME PULLED INTO 8XE 52RX I NAME MENTIONED TWO SCALES IN ROOF THAT NEEDED TO BE PULLED PRIOR TO BEGINNING WORK SECONDS LATER THE ENTIRE ROOM FELL STRIKI NG THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD
EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO 52RX(ACCIDENT SITE)TO DELIVER UNDERCUTTER BITS WHILE TRANSPORTING TWO BOXES OF BITS FROM GETMAN 367 TO #8 UNDERCUTTER THE ROOF FELL ON HIM
AN 85 TON HAUL TRUCK, HAVING COMPLETED DUMPING AT PRIMARY CRUSHER WAS GIVEN THE GO SIGNAL FROM THE CRUSHER OPERATOR. AS HE PROCEEDED FROM THE CRUSHER, A PERSONAL VEHICLE DRIVEN BY ANOTHER EMPL OYEE DROVE INTO HIS PATH AND TRUCK DROVE ONTO VEHICLE WITH RIGHT FRONT WHEEL. DISTANCE TRAVELED 10-15 FEET.
THE LOADER WENT OVER A BERM AND CONTINUED TO FALL TO QUARRY FLOOR.
AFTER LUNCH, THEY TOOK THE BUCKET TRUCK TO #2 TO BEGIN REMOVAL OF POWER LINES FROM THE #2 SUBSTATION AREA. HE WAS USING THE BUCKET TRUCK AND APPARENTLY DECIDED HE COULD NOT REACH THE LINES. HE THEN REPOSITIONED THE BUCKET AND CLIMBED ONTO THE TOWER. HE THEN CUT AWAY THE 8 LINES TO THE WEATHER HEAD FITTINGS AND 3 MAIN FEED LINES AND LOWERED THE INSULATORS. HE WAS APPARENTLY FINISHED
BLASTER IN CHARGE HIT ON HEAD BY FLYROCK & KILLED SUBSEQUENT TO INITIATING BLAST
EMPLOYEE WAS FATALLY INJURED ON 10-12-88 THE VICTIM STANDING WAS WORKING FROM THE OPERATOR CONTROL AREA OF A CASE UNI-LOADER MODEL 1835B WIHT THE BUCKET PARTIALLY RAISED IN THE AIR WHEN HE WA S CRUSHED BETWEEN THE BOOM ARM AND THE ROLL OVER PROTECTION
THERE WERE NO WITNESSES. EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 980 B FRONEND LOADER AND APPARENTLY FLIPPED INTO THE MUCK POND ON ITS TOP BURYING THE MACHINE AND OPERATOR UNDER THE WATER UP TO MIDWAY OF WH EELS UNDETERMINED WHETHER THE LOST CONTROL OR SIMPLY BACKED IN.
EMPL CRUSHED IN3CONVEYOR BELT ASSEMBLY.WAS ALONE AT THE TIME WITH NO EVIDENCE OF WORK BEING PERFORMED.APPARENTLY CLIMBED OVER THE SIDE OF CONVEYOR SYSTEM TO THE STRUCTURAL SUPPORT BELOW AND TH US BACAME EXPOS9D TO AND CAUGHT IN THE TAKE-UP ASSEMBLY.WE DONT KNOW WHY HE DID SO.
STOCK PILING SA3D SAND GAVE WAY CAUSING MACHINE TO TIP OVER PINNING DECEASED UNDERNEATH MACHINE
WORKER WAS ELEC7ROCUTED WHILE WORKING ON WIRES.
I.NAME AND HELPER REMOVED THE DRIVE LINE FROM THE REAR AXLE AND THIS RELEASED THE BRAKING FORCE ON THE FRONT AXLE ALLOWING THEMACHINE TO ROW OFF THE BLOCKS THAT WERE UNDER THE REAR END. THE M ACHINE CAME DOWN, LANDING ON I.HAME.
MAINTENANCE CREW HAD REMOVED SOME NUTS FROM ACESS DOOR TO #2 COAL MILL & WAS AWAITING SHUTDOWN OF COAL MILL WHEN AN EXPLOSION TOOK PLACE WITHIN THE COAL MILL. THE BLAST BLEW THE VICTIM & THE REPAIRMAN APPROX 15\ TO T HE GROUND. VICTIM DIED ON 1-28-85.
FRONT-END LOADER OPERATOR GOT IN TO BUCKET WHILE LOADER WAS PARKED NEXT TO THE HIGHWALL.
EMPL REACHING FOR LIGHT BULB STORED IN ELECTRIC BOX IN CONTROL BLDG.WHILE WITHDRAWING HIS HAND,CAME IN CONTACT WITH 440-480 VOLTS WHICH CAUSED HIS ELECTROCUTION.
VICTIM WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING THE BENCH IN PREPARATION FOR DRILLING HE WAS APPROXIMAT ELY 35FT BELOW A SUBLEVEL UNDER A BLUFF WHEN HE WASSTRUCK BY LOOSE ROCK THAT FELL FROM THE RIM OR RUCK HIM ON SIDE OF HEAD AND SHOULDER CAUSING FATAL INJURIES VICTIM WAS WORKING ALONE ON AN APPARENT 45 DEGREE SLOPE & WAS PROPERLY TIED OFF WITH SAFETY BELT & LINE
VICTIM WAS ASSIGNED THE JOB OF PERIODICALLY CH%EKING THE FENCE AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE SAND PIT. THE FENCE HAD BEEN CUT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. HE WALKED INSIDE THE FENCE LINE ON THE PIT SID E TO THE TOP OF A 70\ VERTICAL BANK WHICH WAS BEING MINED. AS HE APPROACHED THE EDGE OF THE BANK WHICH WAS APPROX. 15\ FROM THE 70\ HIGH BENCH, THE BANK COLLAPSED ENGULFING THE VICTIM.