Mine Safety and Health Materials

Plant – Cement  –  On July 2, 2018, a miner in the process of dumping the contents in the vaccum truck was seriously injured when he tripped while chasing the vacuum truck that began to roll away.

Surface – Crushed & Broken Stone –  On June 16, 2018,  a mechanic fell 10 feet from a portable cone crusher.  The mechanic struck his head on the crusher before landing on the

Surface – Sand and Gravel –  On May 18, 2018, a contractor sustained serious burns when he was working in a electrical panel and touched an electrified feed line with a scre

Surface – Sand –  On May 21, 2018, a dozer operator was working on a waste pile when the soil beneath the dozer sloughed into the adjacent pond, causing the dozer to become

Surface – Taconite–  On May 17, 2018, a miner was injured when the excavator he was operating rolled down a 28-foot-high pile of eroded material.  

On May 15, 2018, while operating a locomotive underground, a miner hit his head on a low clearance ventilation bulkhead.  The miner received head injuries but was able to walk out of the mine and n

Surface – Phosphate –  On April 19, 2018, a miner was trouble shooting a electrical issue on a skid mounted control center for a pumping system when they came in contact wit

Surface – Limestone – On April 5, 2018, a concrete pumper truck made contact with a 13.2 KV overhead powerline.   The powerline broke and fell on the cab of a tractor trailer truck

Surface – Slope Failure –  On April 18, 2018, a front-end loader operator observed that a portion of the "dirt dump" or refuse pile located on the top rim of the quarry had sloughe

Surface – Sand – A tire contractor was seriously injured when the front-end loader he was repairing fell on him.  The front-end loader had been lifted and placed on cribbing