Mining Incidents

Eric Higginbotham controller

MSHA controller ID: M13271

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
44
citations
22
significant & substantial
$19,009
proposed penalties
$15,008
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2002
1 (1f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
January 14, 2002 GA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Worley Blue Quarry · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LEDGE FOREMAN AND HIS LEDGE CREW WERE REMOVING STONE & DEBRIS FROM A BENCH LEVEL AT THE QUARRY SITE. THEY HAD REMOVED THE RAILING AND APPROXIMATELY HALF THE BENCH LEVEL AT THE TIME HE FELL 28 ' TO THE FLOOR BELOW THEM. HE PASSED AWAY 2/1/02.