Mining Incidents

Mining Incidents in Mississippi

Every reportable accident on file with MSHA at a Mississippi mine. Operators below are ranked by recorded fatality count in this state.

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Fatalities recorded
5
Total incidents
693
Fatal rate
1%
Years on record
2005–2019

Year-over-year fatalities

  1. 2005 2
  2. 2016 2
  3. 2019 1

Top mines in Mississippi by fatality count

  1. 01 Harmony Mine & Mill 2fatal
  2. 02 Holcim Artesia Plant 1fatal
  3. 03 Macedonia Pit 1fatal
  4. 04 EP Engineered Clays Corporation 1fatal

Top operators by fatality count

  1. 01 Green Brothers Gravel Company Inc 2fatal
  2. 02 Holcim (US) Incorporated 1fatal
  3. 03 Oddee Smith & Sons Inc 1fatal
  4. 04 U.S. Silica Company, LLC 1fatal

Recent fatalities

November 16, 2019 MS · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · MACHINERY
U.S. Silica Company, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was on the ground spotting a dump truck to prepare for dumping a load of fill dirt in excavation area. Employee's back was to the dozer that came up an incline and fatally struck employee from behind.

June 3, 2016 MS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · INUNDATION
Green Brothers Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

A haul unit was being loaded by a track hoe and a slush pond dam broke and the slush came down on top of them burying them.

June 3, 2016 MS · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator Fatality · INUNDATION
Green Brothers Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

A track hoe was loading a haul unit with gravel to take to wash plant and the dam on a slush pond broke and covered up both the tack hoe and the haul unit with the workers in them.

June 29, 2005 MS · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Oddee Smith & Sons Inc · Struck by falling object

The employee was stripping at gravel pit. The employee had dumped his load of dirt and was returning to the load site. At this time he chose to travel over a pile of dirt. as he was traveling over the pile of dirt he got too close to the edge of the pile and the equipment overturned and landed on him.

January 25, 2005 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Holcim (US) Incorporated · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee became entangled between a return idler and the bottom conveyor tail pulley located in the primary crusher basement.

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