Mining Incidents

Steve Fossum; Scott Fossum; Carol Fossum controller

MSHA controller ID: 0112605

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
49
citations
15
significant & substantial
$22,467
proposed penalties
$17,237
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2014
1 (1f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
August 2, 2014 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Fossum Ready Mix · Struck by falling object

Miner was apparently adding oil to hoist of truck. Box was loaded with rock and not properly blocked. The weight of the loaded box split block and the box came down unexpectedly crushing miner between the truck frame and dump box. Although no damage was done to equipment, miner was killed.