METAL/NONMETAL MINE FATALITY - On February 17, 1995, a driller with six months of mining
experience was killed at a limestone quarry. There were
no witnesses to the accident. The employee was operating
a track drill. He was found dead wrapped around the drill
steel. It is believed that the employee's clothing got
caught on the moving drill stem. This is the eighth
fatality reported in calendar year 1995 in the metal and
nonmetal mining industries. As of this date in 1994,
there were also eight fatalities reported in these
industries. This death is the first fatality classified
as machinery this year. There were four machinery
fatalities during the same period in 1994.
MSHA is prohibited by congressionally imposed budget
restrictions from enforcing the training requirements of
30 CFR Part 48 at this operation.
MSHA's Fatal Accident Investigation Report [FTL95M08]