Mining Incidents

Mining Incidents in New Hampshire

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

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Fatalities recorded
3
Total incidents
514
Fatal rate
1%
Years on record
2003–2015

Year-over-year fatalities

  1. 2003 1
  2. 2007 1
  3. 2015 1

Top mines in New Hampshire by fatality count

  1. 01 TWIN STATE SAND & GRAVEL CO., INC. 1fatal
  2. 02 LOUDON QUARRY 1fatal
  3. 03 Pembroke Sand & Gravel 1fatal

Top operators by fatality count

  1. 01 F L Merrill Construction Incorporated 1fatal
  2. 02 Fillmore Industries Inc 1fatal
  3. 03 Twin State Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1fatal

Recent fatalities

June 12, 2015 NH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · STRIKING OR BUMPING
Fillmore Industries Inc · Struck against stationary object

Technician found unconscious and transported to hospital where he died the following day. He had reported bumping his head earlier that same day but never filed an injury report.

October 1, 2007 NH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Twin State Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was retrieving pry bar from storage area on the ground, when personnel above him lost control of new return roller they were changing out. The return roller fell, striking the employee on the ground. While the employee was wearing proper safety equipment at the time, the impact of the roller resulted in his death.

April 25, 2003 NH · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler Fatality · MACHINERY
F L Merrill Construction Incorporated · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EXCAVATOR WAS POSITIONED ON TOP OF EMBANKMENT WITH TRACKS LONGITUDINALLY WITH BANK. BANK GAVE OU TIPPING EXCAVATOR ON OPERATOR SIDE OF MACHINE.

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