METAL/NONMETAL MINE FATALITY

Fatality #24 - November 10, 2006

Falling Material - Minnesota - Construction Sand and Gravel
Seppi Brothers Concrete Products Corp. - Jammer Lake Pit – Virginia

METAL/NONMETAL MINE FATALITY - On November 10, 2006, a 41 year-old equipment operator, with 4 years mining experience was fatally injured at a sand and gravel operation. The victim and a co-worker were standing underneath the head pulley section of a conveyor preparing to attach a chain that was to be used to move the conveyor. The bolts connecting the conveyor truss sections in the conveyor's frame failed, causing the head pulley section to fall and strike the victim.

http://www.msha.gov/FATALS/2006/FAB06m24.asp

Fatality #23 - October 12, 2006

Electrical - Minnesota - Iron Ore
American United Taconite LLC - United Plant

METAL/NONMETAL MINE FATALITY - On October 12, 2006, a 24-year old maintenance coordinator, with 1 year and 4 months mining experience, was fatally injured at an iron ore operation. The victim was troubleshooting an electrical fault in a high-voltage motor control center when a sustained arc blast occurred.

http://www.msha.gov/FATALS/2006/FAB06m23.asp

Fatality #22 - October 10, 2006

Machinery - Michigan - Sand & Gravel
American Aggregates of Michigan, Inc. - Oxford Plant

METAL/NONMETAL MINE FATALITY - On October 10, 2006, a 45-year old dredge operator, with 9 years experience, was fatally injured at a sand and gravel operation. The victim drowned when the floating clamshell dredge he was operating capsized.

http://www.msha.gov/FATALS/2006/FAB06m22.asp

Fatality #21 - October 4, 2006

Falling Material - Minnesota - Sand & Gravel
Cemstone Products Company - Henderson Pit

METAL/NONMETAL MINE FATALITY - On October 4, 2006, a 59-year old contractor dragline operator, with 12 years experience, was fatally injured at a sand and gravel operation. The victim and other employees were preparing to repair the transmission on a dragline. While the cab was being removed, it tipped and pinned him between the cab and the handrail on the walkway.

http://www.msha.gov/FATALS/2006/FAB06m21.asp

Fatality # 20 - August 29, 2006

Powered Haulage - Pennsylvania - Limestone (C&B) New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company, Inc. - Somerset Quarry & Mill

METAL/NONMETAL MINE FATALITY - On August 29, 2006, a 61-year old contractor paving supervisor, with 31 years experience, was fatally injured at a crushed stone operation. The victim was walking from the mine's main shop toward the plant when he was struck by a front-end loader. The bucket was loaded with rock and was positioned several feet off the ground, blocking the operator's view of his surroundings and the victim. The crew was preparing to pave an area behind the main shop.

http://www.msha.gov/FATALS/2006/FAB06m20.asp

Fatality #19 - August 17, 2006

Fall of Person - California - Cement
Mitsubishi Cement Corp. - Cushenbury Plant 

 METAL/NONMETAL MINE FATALITY - On August 17, 2006, a 37-year old contractor employee, with 15 years experience, fell through an access opening near the discharge end of a kiln and landed on the concrete floor 28 feet below. The victim was attempting to move a sheet of plywood that covered the opening when the accident occurred. He died on August 21, 2006, as a result of his injuries. 

http://www.msha.gov/FATALS/2006/FAB06m19.asp

Fatality #18 - July 27, 2006

Determined to be Chargeable 07/31/2006
Electrical - Massachusetts - Limestone (C&B)
Specialty Minerals Inc - Adams Mine

METAL/NONMETAL MINE FATALITY - On July 27, 2006, a 25-year-old contractor laborer, with 2 years experience, was fatally injured at a crushed stone operation. The victim was using a gasoline-powered weed trimmer, equipped with a circular steel blade, to cut weeds and brush near a power pole when he struck the guy wire for the pole. The blade severed the guy wire, causing it to contact the energized supply conductors on the pole mounted transformer and electrocuted him.

http://www.msha.gov/FATALS/2006/FAB06m18.asp

Fatality #16 - June 28, 2006

Fall of Person - Michigan - Iron Ore   
Tilden Mining Company, LC - Tilden Mine

METAL/NONMETAL MINE FATALITY - On June 28, 2006, a 49-year-old utility man, with 20 years experience, was fatally injured at an iron ore mine. The victim was washing the roof over a kiln when he fell through a hatch cover.

http://www.msha.gov/FATALS/2006/FAB06m16.asp

Fatality #15 - June 21, 2006

Electrical - Washington - Construction Sand & Gravel   
Hard Rock Inc. - Gardiner Pit

METAL/NONMETAL MINE FATALITY - On June 21, 2006, a 75-year-old contractor electrician, with 50 years experience, was fatally injured at a sand and gravel operation. The victim contacted energized conductors while installing an electrical circuit. The building subsequently caught fire and burned before the primary circuit could be deenergized.

http://www.msha.gov/FATALS/2006/FAB06m15.asp

Fatality #14 – June 12, 2006

Falling Material - Virginia - Sandstone (C&B)   
Rockbridge Stone Products Inc. - 01 Mine

METAL/NONMETAL MINE FATALITY - On June 12, 2006, a 39-year-old plant operator, with 14 months experience, was fatally injured at a crushed stone operation. The victim was starting to repair a hydraulic line on a front-end loader that was parked outside of the shop. He was underneath the raised boom, loosening a hydraulic connection, when the boom arms fell, pinning him against the frame.

http://www.msha.gov/FATALS/2006/FAB06m14.asp

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