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The following list of active and abandoned mine fatalities of non-employees was compiled from various reports and newspaper articles. |
The following list of active and Abandoned fatalities of non-employees was compiled from various reports and newspaper articles. | ||||||
Details | Date | State | Nature of Incident | Sex | Age | Mine Status |
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03/24/2005 | TN | Quarry drowning | Male | 13 | Abandoned |
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04/10/2005 | PA | Overturned ATV | Male | 50 | Abandoned |
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05/08/2005 | PA | ATV Plunges Over Cliff | Male Female |
30 32 |
Abandoned |
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05/29/2005 | NH | Scuba diver drowns in quarry | Male | 43 | Abandoned |
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06/05/2005 | PA | Quarry drowning | Male | 20 | Abandoned |
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06/07/2005 | CT | Quarry drowning | Male | 22 | Abandoned |
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06/19/2005 | IA | Drowning | Male | 17 | Abandoned |
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06/21/2005 | IA | Drowning | Male | 16 | Abandoned |
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06/21/2005 | IA | Drowning | Male | 31 | Abandoned |
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06/24/2005 | PA | Drowning | Male | 34 | Abandoned |
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06/26/2005 | IN | Overturned ATV | Male | 27 | Abandoned |
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07/01/2005 | TX | Drowning | Male | Undetermined | Abandoned |
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07/02/2005 | IA | Drowning | Male | 18 | Abandoned |
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07/06/2005 | WI | Drowning | Male | 25 | Abandoned |
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07/10/2005 | MO | Drowning | Male | 19 | Abandoned |
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07/19/2005 | NY | Drowning | Male | 22 | Abandoned |
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07/20/2005 | MO | Drowning | Male | 42 | Abandoned |
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08/08/2005 | IN | Drowning | Male | 40 | Abandoned |
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08/12/2005 | AZ | Asphyxiation | Male | 74 | Abandoned |
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08/17/2005 | AK | Overturned ATV | Male | 17 | Abandoned |
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08/18/2005 | UT | Four Drown in Abandoned | Male Male Female Female |
24 28 21 18 |
Abandoned |
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09/15/2005 | IA | Quarry drowning | Male | 19 | Abandoned |
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09/23/2005 | IN | Gravel pit landslide | Male | 11 | Abandoned |
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11/12/2005 | CT | Fall from loose rocks at quarry | Male | 24 | Abandoned |
32 Fatals For the Year |
2000 | |||||
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# | Date | State | Nature of Fatality | Sex | Age | Mine Status |
1 | 1/30/2000 | PA | Drowning - Vehicle crashed through ice on water-filled pit | Male | 30 | Abandoned |
2 | 1/30/2000 | PA | Drowning - Vehicle crashed through ice on water-filled pit | Male | 28 | Abandoned |
3 | 3/2/2000 | NM | Fall down 200 foot shaft | Male | 18 | Abandoned |
4 | 4/15/2000 | TX | Drowning - Rock Quarry | Male | Abandoned | |
5 | 5/14/2000 | GA | Drowning/struck head - jumping from rock quarry cliff | Male | ||
6 | 5/25/2000 | TX | Drowning - Sand Pit | Male | 14 | |
7 | 5/29/2000 | TX | Drowning - rock quarry | Male | ||
8 | 5/29/2000 | TX | Drowning - Sand Pit | Male | 6 | |
9 | 5/29/2000 | TX | Drowning - Sand Pit | Female | 7 | |
10 | 06/12/2000 | WI | Truck accident at gravel pit | Female | 16 | Abandoned |
11 | 06/12/2000 | WI | Truck accident at gravel pit | Male | 18 | Abandoned |
12 | 6/16/2000 | PA | ATV over highwall in limestone quarry | Male | 24 | Active |
13 | 6/19/2000 | FL | 65' dive into water-filled limerock pit- landed on back | Male | 30 | |
14 | 6/21/2000 | NC | Drowning - Rock quarry | Male | 18 | Abandoned |
15 | 06/26/2000 | NC | Drowning - Rock quarry | Male | 28 | Abandoned |
16 | 07/02/2000 | IA | Drowning - Inflatable raft deflated on quarry pond | Male | 18 | Abandoned |
17 | 07/02/2000 | PA | Drowning - Rock quarry | Male | 19 | Abandoned |
18 | 07/02/2000 | MD | Drowning - Rock quarry | Female | 24 | Converted to swim club |
19 | 07/03/2000 | IL | Drowning - Victim panicked | Male | Unknown | Active |
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07/04/2000 | TX | Drowning - Sand and gravel mine | Male Male |
20 |
Inactive |
22 | 07/09/2000 | KY | Drowning - Strip Mining Pit | Male | 34 | Abandoned |
23 | 07/23/2000 | KY | Drowning - Strip Mining Pit | Male | 17 | Abandoned |
24 | 08/01/2000 | WI | Drowning - Rock Quarry | Male | 16 | Abandoned |
25 | 08/13/2000 | WI | Quarry drowning | Male | 41 | Abandoned |
26 | 08/22/2000 | WI | Drowning - Gravel Pit | Male | 18 | Abandoned |
27 | 09/17/2000 | NC | ATV Accident | Male | 48 | Active |
28 | 09/24/2000 | TN | Victim fell into limestone quarry | Male | N/A | Active |
29 | 10/02/2000 | IA | Fall | Male | 86 | Active |
30 | 10/22/2000 | OH | ATV Crash | Male | N/A | Active |
31 | 10/28/2000 | VA | Quarry Drowning | Male | 17 | Inactive |
32 | 11/16/2000 | VA | Fall from coal mine highwall | Male | 30 | Abandoned |
18 Fatalities For the Year |
1999 | |||||
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# | Date | State | Nature of Fatality | Sex | Age | Mine Status |
18 | 1/23/1999 | UT | ATV Fall Into 50 Foot Mine Shaft | Male | 26 | Abandoned |
1 | 2/15/1999 | KY | Explosion debris - rode ATV onto property | Male | 55 | Active |
2 | 5/11/1999 | OK | Drowning | Female | 13 | Nonproducing |
3 | 5/19/1999 | NM | Fall down mine shaft | Male | 49 | Abandoned |
4 | 5/22/1999 | MD | Fall from highwall | Male | 6 | Active |
5 | 5/29/1999 | PA | Drowning | Male | 21 | Abandoned |
6 | 5/31/1999 | AL | 4-wheeler flipped | Male | 16 | Abandoned |
7 | 5/31/1999 | PA | Drowning | Male | 17 | Abandoned |
8 | 6/7/1999 | PA | Drowning | Male | 17 | Abandoned |
9 | 6/15/1999 | KY | ATV - driver thrown | Male | 21 | Active |
10 | 6/22/1999 | MN | Drowning | Male | 17 | Abandoned |
11 | 6/30/1999 | OH | Drowning | Male | 31 | Abandoned |
12 | 7/3/1999 | NJ | Drowning - fall from personal watercraft | Male | 25 | Abandoned |
13 | 7/4/1999 | IL | Drowning | Male | 31 | Abandoned |
14 | 7/5/1999 | NY | Drowning | Male | 17 | Abandoned |
15 | 7/18/1999 | NY | Drowning | Male | 19 | Abandoned |
16 | 8/30/1999 | CO | Suffocation from lack of oxygen | Male | 49 | Abandoned |
17 | 10/1/1999 | NV | Fall down mine shaft | Female | 11 | Abandoned |