Around 1:30 in the morning a miner was found pinned between two rail cars on the haulage level.
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- Fatalities
- 3
- Total incidents
- 760
- Mines on record
- 7
- Years on record
- 2000–2015
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 fatalities · 37 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 fatality · 111 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 185 non-fatal
- HOISTING 114 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 76 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 72 non-fatal
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Operators under this controller
- Chevron Mining Inc 704
- Molycorp Inc 32
- Farco Mining Inc 24
Mines on record
- Questa Mine & Mill NM
- McKinley NM
- Kemmerer Mine WY
- North River Mine AL
- Farco Mine TX
- Mt Pass Mine & Mill CA
- York Canyon Surface Mine NM
Fatalities under this controller
3 recordedEE stated he had been to #3 rock bin to inspect the chute of #4 refuse belt. Witness: EE was on the 1st or 2nd step of a small ladder w/backward fall protection when he "blacked out".*He slipped from ladder landing on feet & fell on his back*. He never lost consciousness. We are waiting for medical records to determine the cause.*On 12/18/07 he had surgery & he died on 12/19/07*
Employee was discovered by section foreman caught in the pick breaker on the Stamler feeder. He suffered fatal injuries to his lower chest and mid torso.