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2008 Metal/Nonmetal Non-chargeable Mining Deaths
(Determinations were made in 2008)


Incidents Occuring in 2007 but Determined in 2008

Date of Incident Mine Name Operating Company Determination Report
January 2, 2007 Huntsville Surface Norris Asphalt Company Natural Causes See Report
April 18, 2007 Lockbourne Plant Shelly Materials, Inc Natural Causes See Report
April 25, 2007 Essroc Cement Corporation Riverton Investment Corporation Natural Causes See Report
May 25, 2007 Nugent Sand Plant #1 Nugent Sand Company Natural Causes See Report
July 21, 2007 Adams Mine Specialty Minerals, Inc Natural Causes See Report
July 21, 2007 Lyons Salt Company Lyons Salt Company Natural Causes See Report
September 9, 2007 Collins Lake Plant May Land Sand & Gravel, Inc Natural Causes See Report
September 22, 2007 Portable Crusher #1 L D Krause Construction Co., Inc Natural Causes See Report
October 2, 2007 Limedale Plant Arkansas Lime Company Natural Causes See Report
November 13, 2007 Spiro Sand & Gravel Spiro Sand & Gravel Company Natural Causes See Report
November 13, 2007 Mouth of Wilson Plant Mountain Materials Natural Causes See Report
November 19, 2007 Bloomsburg Sand & Gravel Hanson Aggregates Natural Causes See Report
November 28, 2007 Talmage Quarry ICM of Pennsylvania Inc. Suicide See Report
November 28, 2007 United Mine United Taconite, LLC Natural Causes See Report
December 4, 2007 Sherwin Alumina Company Sherwin Alumina Company Natural Causes See Report
December 12, 2007 Fleming Mill and Pits Wade Moore Equipment Company Natural Causes See Report
December 28, 2007 Broken Bow Sand & Gravel Meridian Aggregates Company Natural Causes See Report

Incidents Occuring and Determined in 2008

Date of Incident Mine Name Operating Company Determination Report
January 3, 2008 Earthworks, Inc Earthworks, Inc, Site II Natural Causes See Report
January 5, 2008 Tor Minerals Tor Minerals Drug Overdose See Report
January 18, 2008 Bay Sand Company, Inc. Bay Sand Company, Inc. Natural Causes See Report
March 19, 2008 Norris Asphalt Paving Co. Norris Aggregates Products Co. - Plant #83 Natural Causes See Report
May 11, 2008 Holcim (US), Inc. Holcim (US), Inc. Trespassing See Report
May 20, 2008 Scruggs Company Montgomery Sand Mine Trespassing See Report
June 30, 2008 Grace Pacific Corporation Makakilo Quarry Suicide See Report



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