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2016 Metal/Nonmetal Non-chargeable Mining Deaths

Incidents Occurring in 2016 and Determined in 2016
Date of Incident Mine Name Operating Company Determination Report
October 7, 2016 Pinto Valley Mine Capstone Mining Corp Natural Causes See Report
August 5, 2016 #1313 Cedar Rapids
MSHA ID 2002940
MDC Contracting LLC Natural Causes See Report
July 25, 2016 Crusher LU130 Laredo Paving Inc Accidental See Report
July 20, 2016 North Plant
MSHA ID 46-01635
Memphis Stone &Gravel Co Natural Causes See Report
July 19, 2016 Chapel Hiil Quarry Martin Marietta Materials, Inc Natural Causes See Report
July 11, 2016 Four Corners Mine Mosaic Fertilizer LLC Accidental See Report
May 28, 2016 Rathbone Mine Thomas Rathbone Logging Drowning See Report
April 28, 2016 Steelton Quarry Hempt Brothers Inc Natural Causes See Report
April 5, 2016 Pinto Valley Mine Capstone Mining Corp Natural Causes See Report
March 1, 2016 Charles City Plant Aggregate Industries Other See Report
March 23, 2016 Krister-Fain Pit Texas Sand & Gravel Company Natural Causes See Report
February 1, 2016 Barrick Cortez Inc Barrick Cortez Inc Natural Causes See Report
January 27, 2016 Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mine Newmont USA Limited Natural Causes See Report
January 18, 2016 Mag Pellet Mag Pellet Natural Causes See Report
January 14, 2016 Lightle Sand Pit Lightle Sand Company Natural Causes See Report
Incidents Occurring in 2015 and Determined in 2016
Date of Incident Mine Name Operating Company Determination Report
December 19, 2015 Imerys Sylacauga Operations Imerys Carbonates, LLC Natural Causes See Report
October 25, 2015 Powhatan Plant Luck Stone Corporation Natural Causes See Report
October 23, 2015 Whitaker Aggregates Cedar Vale Quarry Whitaker Aggregates Natural Causes See Report
October 01, 2015 Freeport-McMoran Morenci, Inc. Freeport-McMoran Morenci, Inc. Natural Causes See Report
September 28, 2015 Dry Fork Sand & Gravel Hanson Aggregates Midwest, LLC. Natural Causes See Report
September 04, 2015 L R Chapman Inc. L R Chapman Inc. Natural Causes See Report
August 29, 2015 Leeville Newmont USA Limited Natural Causes See Report
August 17, 2015 Martins Creek #118 Eastern Industries, Inc. Drowning See Report
August 05, 2015 Richmond Material Co. Company Richmond Material Company Natural Causes See Report
August 03, 2015 Auburn Facility ICON Materials Natural Causes See Report
August 3, 2015 New Mexico Salt & Minerals Corp. New Mexico Salt & Minerals Corp. Natural Causes See Report
July 30, 2015 Deepstep Land and Mines Imerys Clays, Inc. Drowning See Report
July 27, 2015 Winchester Plant O-N Minerals (Chemstone
Company)
Natural Causes See Report
July 27, 2015 Copperton Concentrator Kimble Clay & Limestone Other See Report
July 23, 2015 Kimble Clay, Limestone Quarry
and Mill
Kennecott Utah Copper, LLC Natural Causes See Report
June 14, 2015 Martins Creek #118 Eastern Industries, Inc. Drowning See Report
June 8, 2015 Milltown Rock Quarry Robertson Crushed Stone, Inc. Natural Causes See Report
May 26, 2015 Brownsville Mine Keystone Anthracite
Company, Inc.
Accidental See Report
May 24, 2015 Armetta LLC-Bradford Quarry Armetta LLC Accidental See Report
May 14, 2015 Van Lear Mine Revelation Energy, LLC Accidental See Report
April 21, 2015 Loeffler Pit Loeffler Concrete & Gravel Accidental See Report
February 23, 2015 Eliot Plant Cemex Construction
Materials Pacific, LLC.
Other See Report
February 17, 2015 Pleasanton Plant Calmat Co. Suicide See Report