A Utah mine was cited for 14 violations, including six deemed significant and substantial due to several hazardous conditions. The Gentry Mine No. 3 in Emery, Utah was inspected Feb. 12, 2024 under the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) monthly impact inspections. MSHA considers violations that are significant and substantial, or S&S, as […]
A haul truck driver was killed while working on his vehicle because the mine operator failed to ensure that machinery was blocked before repair work began. U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) investigators determined that the driver was attempting to repair an air bag assembly when a piece of it slid off and struck […]
A 63-year-old worker was fatally injured when the lock ring on a wheel rim he was mounting off-road truck tires on dislodged, causing the lock ring to strike him. U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) investigators determined that the mine the worker was employed by failed to correct known defects on wheel rims and […]
The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) conducted an impact inspection at a Missouri mine and found 24 violations, including 13 that were considered significant and substantial. Significant and substantial, or S&S, violations are considered “reasonably likely to cause a reasonably serious injury or illness,” according to MSHA. Violations at the Lone Star Quarry […]
A 69-year-old worker at an Indiana surface mine died when the haul truck he was operating traveled through a faulty berm that workplace exams didn’t identify and became submerged in a pond. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) investigators determined that the incident occurred because inadequate workplace examinations failed to catch the berm, which wasn’t […]
A fatality at a California mine was caused by a contractor’s failure to ensure that bulldozer operators wore seatbelts while using heavy equipment, according to a federal investigation. The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) determined that the fatality could have been prevented if the bulldozer operator would have been wearing a seat belt […]
A failure to conduct adequate workplace examinations in a specific area of a mine led to the drowning of a foreman who was installing a discharge waterline for a dewatering pump. U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) investigators determined that the fatal incident occurred in part because the mine operator failed to conduct adequate […]
A Virginia coal mine that has been cited for 87 significant and substantial violations was identified in February 2024 as meeting federal Pattern of Violations (POV) criteria. The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) determined that Twin State Mining’s Mine No. 39 in McDowell County, West Virginia met the initial POV criteria to qualify […]
The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) conducted an impact inspection at a Kentucky mine and found nine significant and substantial violations and two unwarrantable safety failures. Violations at the Excel #5 Mine – an underground coal mine in Varney, Kentucky – included failure to remove accumulations of combustible material and inadequate workplace examinations. […]
