Mine Safety and Health Materials

Surface - Gold – On 6/19/2018, a miner was seriously injured while making repairs on a rotating screen plant.  A chain used to lift a thrust bearing failed and struck the mine

Surface – Copper –  On June 15, 2018, a miner fell from a man basket while exiting an electric shovel.

Surface – Lead-Zinc –  On April 11, 2018, a miner received serious injuries when he was struck by a piece of metal floor grating.  A construction supervisor steppe

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 r

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

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

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 be

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

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 contac