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"Near Miss" Incident Summaries (2009)
Incidents that could have resulted in a fatality, but did not.


 
The following list of active and abandoned mine "Near Miss" incidents of non-employees which was compiled from various reports and newspaper articles.
Details Date State Nature of Incident Sex Age Mine Type
Get More Information 02/09/2009 MN Teen Drives Snowmobile Off Cliff Into Gravel Pit Male 16 Active
Get More Information 02/16/2009 MD Teen Falls Into Quarry Male 19 Abandoned
Get More Information 03/03/2009 AZ Fall down mine shaft Male 60's Abandoned
Get More Information 03/09/2009 NJ ATV Accident Male 21 Active
Get More Information 03/22/2009 UT ATV Rolls Down Gravel Pit Hill Male 6 Active
Get More Information 03/31/2009 MN Teen Falls Into Quarry Male 17 Active
Get More Information 05/14/2009 AR Teens Falls 100 Feet Into Quarry Male 17 Inactive
Get More Information 06/03/2009 MN Teen Falls Into Quarry Male 15 Inactive
Get More Information 07/12/2009 ME Woman Injured in ATV Crash Female 44 Inactive
Get More Information 07/14/2009 NJ Teen Hurt in Quarry Accident Male 14 Active
Get More Information 08/03/2009 AZ Jeep Flips and Rolls Into Mine Shaft Male 32 Inactive
Get More Information 08/03/2009 OR Mans Falls Into Gravel Pit Male 35 Active
Get More Information 08/09/2009 CA Mans In Wheelchair Falls Into Quarry Male 35 Active
Get More Information 08/16/2009 MN Man Rescued From Quarry Male Unknown Inactive
Get More Information 08/20/2009 MA Woman Rescued From Quarry Female 23 Inactive
Get More Information 08/24/2009 NH Two Teens Hurt When Dirt Bikes Collide at Gravel Pit Male
Male		 16
17		 Active
Get More Information 09/07/2009 OH Man Falls Down Quarry Cliff Male 24 Inactive



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