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Fatal Accident Summaries
for 2009

Fatal Accidents Reported to Date
for 2009

29

Details	Date	State	Nature of Incident	Sex	Age	Mine Type
The following list of active and abandoned mine fatalities of non-employees was compiled from various reports and newspaper articles.
	1/11/2009	FL	Man Drives Car Over Quarry Cliff	Male	21	Active
	3/27/2009	NC	ATV Flips Over on 12 Year-Old	Male	12	Abandoned
	3/30/2009	NC	15 Year-Old Drowns	Male	15	Abandoned
	4/27/2009	AL	Teen Drowns in Quarry	Male	16	Active
	5/10/2009	PA	Diver Drowns in Quarry	Male	56	Abandoned
	5/12/2009	CA	Motorcycle Crash at Strip Mine	Male	29	Active
	5/25/2009	PA	Teen Drowns in Quarry	Male	16	Abandoned
	6/01/2009	TN	Man Feared Drowned in Quarry (See Update Below)	Male	22	Abandoned
	6/01/2009	CA	Car Falls Into Strip Mine	Male	20	Active
	6/06/2009	TN	Man Drowns in Quarry	Male	22	Abandoned
	6/19/2009	MA	Man Drowns in Quarry	Male	21	Abandoned
	6/19/2009	IN	Man Drowns in Quarry	Male	22	Abandoned
	6/26/2009	NY	Young Man Drowns in Quarry	Male	Unknown	Abandoned
	6/29/2009	OK	56 Year-Old Man Drowns in Quarry	Male	56	Abandoned
	6/30/2009	MI	Teen Drowns in Quarry	Male	18	Abandoned
	7/02/2009	NC	20 Year-Old Marine Drowns	Male	20	Abandoned
	7/02/2009	MA	Truck Plunges into Quarry	Male	36	Active
	7/04/2009	AK	Man Drowns in Gravel Pit Pond	Male	63	Active
	7/07/2009	IN	Teen Dies After Swimming in Gravel Pit	Male	19	Active
	7/14/2009	PA	Man Ejected from ATV	Male	49	Active
	7/22/2009	TN	2 Year-Old Found at Bottom of Rock Quarry	Male	2	Active
	7/23/2009	OH	85 Year Old Man Drowns in Quarry	Male	85	Inactive
	7/28/2009	PA	Man Falls To Bottom of Quarry	Male	21	Active
	7/29/2009	MI	Man Drowns in Gravel Pit	Male	34	Inactive
	8/09/2009	IL	Man Drowns in Quarry	Male	21	Inactive
	9/06/2009	OK	Trucks Plunge to Bottom of Quarry	Male Male Female	24 23 21	Active
	9/15/2009	MO	Man Drowns in Gravel Pit	Male	82	Inactive
	11/01/2009	CA	Fall Down Mine Shaft	Female	30	Abandoned


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