Three fatal accidents have occurred within a week at metal and nonmetal mines. These accidents might have been avoided had there been proper berms, proper risk analysis, and careful planning before work began. MSHA has issued an alert. October is statistically one of the worst months for fatalities and unfortunately it looks like we got a head start. These three have not had fatalgrams posted yet. They will be posted here as soon as they are released by MSHA.
Meanwhile, the alert can be found here.