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2000
Fatality Alerts and Fatal Investigation Reports
Metal and Nonmetal Mines


Fatalities to Date: 47*
Fatal #8 has been deemed not chargeable.
Fatal #30 was ruled to be out of MSHA's jurisdiction.
Last Updated: 04/25/2001
 
Fatality #1 - January 10, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Powered Haulage - Open Pit - Sand & Gravel - Texas
Lucherk Gravel Company
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #2 - January 21, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Machinery - Mill - Alumina - Arkansas
Philip Environmental Services at
Alcoa World Alumina - Arkansas Operations
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #3 - January 26, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Powered Haulage - Surface - Lime - Virginia
Global Stone Chemstone Corp. - Strasburg Quarry
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #4 - January 27, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Machinery - Surface - Limestone (C & B) - Tennessee
Hinkle Contracting Co.- Jellico Stone Co.
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #5 - January 31, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Fall of Face/Rib - Underground - Copper - Arizona
ASARCO, Inc. - Mission Mine
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #6 - February 2, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Powered Haulage - Gold - Nevada
Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc. - Meikle Mine
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #7 - February 8, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Powered Haulage - Sand & Gravel - Colorado
Camas Colorado Inc./Cooley Gravel
Distel Pit
Will not be available...


Fatality #8 - February 21, 2000
On August 8, 2000, this fatality was deemed not chargeable by the Fatality Review Committee. It has been removed.


Fatality #9 - March 13, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Powered Haulage - Platinum - Montana
Stillwater Mining Company - Stillwater Mine
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #30 - March 19, 2000
On August 28, 2001, MSHA SOL made a determination that the fatality that occured on 3/19/2000, at the Cominco Alaska, Inc., Red Dog Mine, in Kotzebue, AK, is not under MSHA jursidction, and therefore, not chargeable to the industry.


Fatality #10 - April 04, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Slip/Fall of Person - Cement - Nevada
Royal Cement Co. - Royal Cement Co.
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #11 - April 10, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Machinery - Gold - Nevada
Boart Longyear Company at
Getchell Gold Corp. - Getchell Turquoise Ridge Mine
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #12 - April 12, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Powered Haulage - Limestone - Pennsylvania
Mellott Enterprises at
New Hope Crushed Stone - New Hope Crushed Stone
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #13 - April 21, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Powered Haulage - Sandstone - Utah
Clayton Darwin Stratton - Rattlesnake Pit
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #14 - April 25, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Powered Haulage - Limestone - OK
Bellco Materials, Inc. - #2 Claremore
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #15 - April 28, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Powered Haulage - Graphite - LA
Atlas Services at
Asbury LA, Inc. - DeQuincy Plant
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #16 - May 01, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Powered Haulage - Granite - GA
Blue Circle Aggregates - Lithona Quarry
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #17 - May 09, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Machinery - Amethyst - NV
Jon Johnson DBA Hallelujah - Crystal Tips #1 Mine
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #18 - May 20, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Other - Sand & Gravel - NE
Batenhorst Gravel Co. - St. Paul Pit
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #19 - June 6, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Slip/Fall of Person - Limestone (CB) - MO
Donn Industrial Group at
LaFarge Corp. - Sugar Creek #2
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #20 - June 11, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Machinery - Granite - NC
Granite Corp. - Mt. Airy Mine and Mill
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #21 - June 12, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Falling/Sliding Material - IN
BG Hoadley Quarries, Inc. - Maple Hill Quarry
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #22 - June 14, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Powered Haulage - LA
M. Matt Durand Inc. at
Excalibar Minerals - Excalibar Minerals
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #23 - June 19, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Powered Haulage - Surface (S&G) - TX
Texas Industries - Paradise Plant
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #24 - June 23, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Machinery - Surface-Limestone - VA
Brad Ragan Tire and Service Co. at
Salem Stone Corp. - ACCO Stone Company
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #25 - June 23, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Slip/Fall of Person - Surface Cement - TX
Schueck Steel at
TXI Midlothian - Midlothian Quarry & Plant
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #28 - June 24, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Machinery - Limestone (CB) - NC
Vulcan Materials - Spruce Pine Quarry
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #26 - June 26, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Drowning - Sand & Gravel - OK
Coweta Sand & Transportation, Inc.
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #27 - June 30, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Slip/Fall of Person - Sand & Gravel - MI
A&E Agg., Inc. - Fyke Washed Sand & Gravel
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #29 - June 30, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Powered Haulage - Sand & Gravel - OR
Windsor Rock Products - Windsor Island
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #34 - August 3, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Powered Haulage - Gold - NV
Dynatec Mining Corp. - Ken Snyder Mine
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #31 - August 6, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Fall of Highwall - Quartz - AR
County Line Mine
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #32 - August 9, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Powered Haulage - Stone - ID
Rocky Mountain Quarry Co. at
Northern Stone Supply, Inc.- Rocky Montain Quartzite Quarry
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #33 - August 10, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Machinery - Limestone (C&B) - IL
Mississippi Lime Co. - Bluff City Minerals
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #35 - August 24, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Hoisting - Gold - NV
Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc. - Rodeo Vent Shaft
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #36 - August 30, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Machinery - Silica Sand - WI
Wisconsin Industrial Sand Co. - Maiden Rock Mine
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #37- August 30, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Electrical - S&G - MN
Mark Sand & Gravel - Crusher #520
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #38 - July 21, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Exploding Vessels Under Pressure - Sand & Gravel - AZ
GTI Capitol Holding LLC - Rockland Materials Pit 1
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #39 - September 13, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Powered Haulage - Limestone (CB) - PR
Canarico Quaries, Inc., Canarico Quarries
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #40 - October 3, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Other (Drowning) - Limestone (CB) - PA
County Line Quarry, Inc., County Line Quarry
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #43 - October 13, 2000 (Victim Died 11/02/2000)
Fatal Alert Bulletin Fire - Iron Ore Mining, N.E.C. - MN
Hibbing Taconite Co. - Hibbing Taconite Co.
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #41 - October 26, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Machinery - Cement - CA
National Cement Co of CA, Inc., Lebec Cement Plant
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #42 - October 31, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Powered Haulage - Limestone (CB) - OH
Overpeck Trucking Co. at
Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialties, Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialties
Fatal Investigation Report

Fatality #44 - November 6, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Powered Haulage - Gold - CA
Original Sixteen to One Mine, Inc. - Sixteen to One Mine
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #49 - November 6, 2000    (Charge Back)
Powered Haulage - Stone (C&B) - SC
Oconee County Rock Crusher - Oconee Rock Quarry
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #45 - November 8, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Powered Haulage - Limestone (C&B)
Precision Aggregates II, LLC - Precision Aggregates II, LLC - Ohio
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #46 - November 17, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Slip/Fall of Person - Sand (Common)
Texas Mining LP - Brady Plant - Texas
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #47 - November 20, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Slip/Fall of Person - Sand & Gravel - IN
Saint Henry Tile Co. Inc. - Limberlost Sand & Gravel
Fatal Investigation Report


Fatality #48 - December 19, 2000
Fatal Alert Bulletin Falling, Rolling or Sliding Rock Material - Sand & Gravel - WA
Glacier Northwest - Dupont Pit
Fatal Investigation Report