Fatalgram Posted - Green Brothers Gravel Company Inc - Harmony Mine & Mill

United States Department of Labor sent this bulletin at 06/20/2016 02:05 PM EDT

Fatality #7, #8 - 6/3/2016
Inundation - Mississippi - Sand and Gravel
Green Brothers Gravel Company Inc - Harmony Mine & Mill

METAL/NONMETAL MINE FATALITY – On June 3, 2016, a 24-year old haul truck operator, with 9 months of experience, and a 56-year old hydraulic excavator operator, with 6 years of experience, were killed at a sand and gravel operation. The two miners were working in a pit next to an abandoned roadway embankment, which partially bound an old pit. Waste clay and sand had been placed in the old pit for reclamation purposes. The embankment failed and the tailings and slurry engulfed both miners.

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