MSHA reports 15th fatality

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on June 20, 2022, a 50-year-old miner at a Lhoist Group plant in Virginia died when the excavator he was operating underground slid over an elevated loading pad and was engulfed by lime dust.  This is the 15th fatality reported in 2022, and the fifth classified as “Machinery.”  MSHA recommends the…

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