For unexplained reasons, the miner gained access to a secondary road, adjacent from where he was instructed to do road maintenance. Miner removed berm and came too close to road edge, loosing control of equipment and falling through a steep slope, rolling over with the machine. This resulted in miners death. Miner was not wearing seat belt.
Edgar Figueroa; Melba Figueroa controller
MSHA controller ID: M09052
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- Fatalities
- 2
- Total incidents
- 84
- Mines on record
- 6
- Years on record
- 2000–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
398
citations
118
significant & substantial
$261,255
proposed penalties
$206,868
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 6 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 4 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 27 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 25 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 12 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
2
2025
2
2024
3
2022
2
2021
2
2020
1
2019
2
2018
2
2017
1
2015
1
2014
3
2013
5
2012
1
2011
3
2010
2
2008
4
2007
6 (1f)
2006
6
2005
5
2004
3
2003
6
2002
7
2001
7
2000
8 (1f)
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
Fatalities under this controller
2 recorded
Canarico Quarries Inc
· Struck against a moving object
September 13, 2000
- · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Canarico Quarries Inc
· Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
A FATA ACCIDENT ACCOURED IN THE BC-03 PRIMARY CRUSHER AREA. THE GEHL MODEL 3825 SKID STEER LOADER OPEARTOR WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE BUCKET ARM AND FRONT FRAME CRUSHIG HIS HEAD.