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2015 Metal/Nonmetal Non-chargeable Mining Deaths

Incidents Occurring in 2015 and Determined in 2015
Date of Incident Mine Name Operating Company Determination Report
July 02, 2015 Bakers Quarry Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Accidental See Report
June 23, 2015 Portable Plant #3 Hilty Quarries Inc. Natural Causes See Report
June 08, 2015 Asbury Plant Asbury Graphite Mills, Inc. Natural Causes See Report
June 05, 2015 Drummond Dolomite Quarry Osborne Materials Company Natural Causes See Report
June 02, 2015 Ambrose Sand Plant Lattimore Materials Corps. Natural Causes See Report
May 27, 2015 Clinton Point Quarry and Mill Tilcon New York, Inc. Natural Causes See Report
May 22, 2015 Annapolis Quarry Specialty Granules Inc. Natural Causes See Report
May 01, 2015 Tower Rock Stone St. Genevieve Facility Tower Rock Stone Compan Natural Causes See Report
April 22, 2015 Alden Plant ILC Resources Natural Causes See Report
April 16, 2015 Dakota Mahogany Quarry Dakota Granite Company Natural Causes See Report
April 15, 2015 Eagle Crushed Stone Hanson Aggregates Davon, LLC Natural Causes See Report
April 01, 2015 Rosemont Copper Project Rosemont Copper Company Suicide See Report
March 25, 2015 Whitehall Plant Hi-Crush Whitehall, LLC Accidental See Report
February 26, 2015 Brunswick Gravel Pit Ray Labbe & Sons, Inc Accidental See Report
February 5, 2015 Strasburg Quarry O-N Minerals (Chemstone Company) Natural Causes See Report
February 02, 2015 Star Pit Low's Ready Mix, Inc. Natural Causes See Report
January 28, 2015 Gurley Quarry Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. Natural Causes See Report
January 25, 2015 Portland Plant & Quarry Holcim (US) Inc. Natural Causes See Report
Incidents Occurring in 2014 but Determined in 2015
Date of Incident Mine Name Operating Company Determination Report
December 30, 2014 Granite Mountain Quarry #1 McGeorge Contracting Inc. Natural Causes See Report
December 18, 2014 Dayton Pit & Mill Dayton Sand & Gravel Natural Causes See Report
December 12, 2014 R J Valente Grafton Quarry R J Valente Gravel Natural Causes See Report
December 3, 2014 Unimin Red Hill IOTA Unimin Corporation Natural Causes See Report
December 1, 2014 Kutztown Quarry #111 Eastern Industries, Inc. Natural Causes See Report
November 25, 2014 Franklin Quarry Vulcan Constructions Materials, LP. Natural Causes See Report
November 16, 2014 Cumberland Mine Nystar Gordonsville, LLC. Natural Causes See Report
November 11, 2014 Pine Mountain Stone Mountain Aggregates, Inc. Natural Causes See Report
November 10, 2014 Dredge #6025 (Sandy) Capital sand Company, Inc. Natural Causes See Report
November 06, 2014 Mill Creek Plant #39 U S Silica Company Natural Causes See Report
November 06, 2014 Main Processing Plant Thiele Kaolin Company Natural Causes See Report
October 22, 2014 Athens Quarry Hanson Aggregates Southeast, LLC. Homicide See Report
September 28, 2014 Northshore Mining Company Northshore Mining Company. Natural Causes See Report
September 20, 2014 Felton Quarry Granite Construction Co. Natural Causes See Report
September 10, 2014 TXI Mill Creek Quarry TXI Operations, LP. Natural Causes See Report
September 8, 2014 New York Mine Imerys Marble, Inc. Natural Causes See Report
September 3, 2014 Stafford Mine Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. Natural Causes See Report
August 14, 2014 Rafferty Sand & Gravel Rafferty Sand & Gravel, Inc. Other See Report
July 29, 2014 Quikrete Mine Quikrete-Pensacola Natural Causes See Report
July 8, 2014 Kinkead Aggregates, LLC. Kinkead Aggregates, LLC. Natural Causes See Report
June 17, 2014 Holcim Texas LP Holcim Texas LP Accidental See Report
June 16, 2014 Ottawa Plant U.S. Silica Company Accidental See Report
June 9, 2014 River Bend Missouri Sand Company Natural Causes See Report
June 7, 2014 Fairborn Gravel Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Natural Causes See Report
June 5, 2014 Granbury Materials Granbury Materials, LLC. Natural Causes See Report
June 3, 2014 Thornton Quarry Hanson Material Service Suicide See Report
June 1, 2014 Comstock/Mountain Lion Gilbert Development Corporation Natural Causes See Report
May 23, 2014 MGcB Lincoln Pits & Mill Gladding McBean Suicide See Report
May 14, 2014 Maine Monroeville Nome Gold Alaska Corporation Natural Causes See Report
May 13, 2014 Sparta, WI Plant U S Silica Company Natural Causes See Report
May 8, 2014 Swindle Lease Johnson Aggregate Materials, Inc. Natural Causes See Report
May 4, 2014 Hookers Prarie Mine Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC Other See Report
April 18, 2014 Portable Operation Nordberg Crushing, Inc. Natural Causes See Report
April 16, 2014 Hood County Sand Plant EOG Resources, Inc. Natural Causes See Report
April 9, 2014 Goldstrike Mine Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc. Natural Causes See Report
March 17, 2014 Cantera San Antonio Empresas Ortiz Brunet, Inc. Natural Causes See Report
March 14, 2014 Portable #1 Johnson Sand & Gravel Incorporated Natural Causes See Report
March 11, 2014 LaSalle Quarry & Mill Illinois Cement Company Natural Causes See Report
February 17, 2014 Sylvania Minerals Dan's Excavating Natural Causes See Report
February 3, 2014 Bloomfield Plant Nestle Purina Pet Care Natural Causes See Report
Incidents Occurring in 2013 but Determined in 2015
Date of Incident Mine Name Operating Company Determination Report
December 05, 2013 Stillwater Mine Stillwater Mining Company Natural Causes See Report
October 28, 2013 Unimin Corp. Unimin Corp. Natural Causes See Report
October 23, 2013 Hannibal Underground Mine/Mill Continental Cement Company Natural Causes See Report
October 07, 2013 Tucker Bluff Mine Webco Mining, Inc. Other See Report
June 13, 2013 Stigler South #1, #2 & #4 Rock-It Natural Stone, Inc. Homicide See Report
May 27, 2013 Tulsa Plant Central Plains Cement Co. Drowning See Report
May 19, 2013 Empire Quarry Indiana Limestone Company Incorporated Drowning See Report