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The following list of active and abandoned mine fatalities of non-employees was compiled from various reports and newspaper articles.

Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Stay Out - Stay Alive Campaign - List of Fatal Accidents for 2006

**Fatal Accidents Reported for 2007 - 31**
Details	Date	State	Nature of Incident	Sex	Age	Mine Type
The following list of active and abandoned mine fatalities of non-employees was compiled from various reports and newspaper articles.
	02/23/2007	KS	Drowning	Male Male	65 55	Quarry
	04/22/2007	OH	Two Divers Drown in Quarry	Female Male	43 21	Quarry
	05/01/2007	NY	Teen Drive SUV Over 40-Foot Cliff	Male Male	17 18	Quarry
	05/07/2007	MD	47 Year-Old Man Drowns in Quarry	Male	47	Quarry
	05/22/2007	NC	Teen Drowns in Quarry	Female	15	Quarry
	05/23/2007	CA	Jeep Falls 500 Feet into Mine	Male	63	Mine
	05/28/2007	MA	Teen Drowns After Falling Into Quarry	Male	16	Quarry
	05/29/2007	MI	Man Drowns While Swimming	Male	24	Quarry
	06/05/2007	MO	Four-year-old drowns at abandoned mine site	Male	4	Strip
	06/09/2007	MO	Boat Tips Over in Quarry	Male	24	Quarry
	06/11/2007	KY	ATV Crash at Active Mine	Male	21	Coal Mine
	06/18/2007	CA	Motorcycle Crash	Male	41	Rock Quarry
	06/19/2007	MO	Drownings	Male Male	18 16	Quarry
	06/22/2007	OH	Drowning	Male	60	Quarry
	07/05/2007	WI	Car Plunges Into Quarry	Male	22	Quarry
	07/09/2007	CO	Teens Drive Car Into Quarry Lake	Male	17	Quarry
	07/10/2007	NC	Drowning	Male	18	Quarry
	07/10/2007	CT	Drowning	Male	22	Quarry
	08/13/2007	CT	Man drives ATV over cliff	Male	35	Quarry
	08/21/2007	PA	Teen on Motorcycle Hits Cable	Male	13	Active Mine
	09/03/2007	AZ	ATV Falls Into 125 Foot Mine Shaft	Female	13	Abandoned Mine
	09/23/2007	TX	Man Crushed by Rock	Male	24	Active Mine
	10/29/2007	MA	Man Fatally Injured in Fall at Abandoned Quarry	Male	34	Abandoned Quarry
	11/12/2007	KY	Father and Son Die in Abandoned Mine	Male Male	41 19	Abandoned Mine
	12/02/2007	MO	Man Drives SUV Over 40-foot Mine Wall	Male	28	Active Mine
	12/19/2007	OR	Man crushed by ATV	Male	52	Abandoned

Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Stay Out - Stay Alive Campaign - List of Fatal Accidents for 2006

**Fatal Accidents Reported for 2006 - 30**
Details	Date	State	Nature of Incident	Sex	Age	Mine Status
The following list of active and abandoned mine fatalities of non-employees was compiled from various reports and newspaper articles.
	01/01/2006	NC	Quarry drowning	Male	47	Abandoned
	04/01/2006	IN	ATV overturns on driver	Male	46	Non-producing
	04/07/2006	CA	Fall down mine shaft	Male	41	Abandoned
	05/04/2006	VA	Quarry drowning	Male	19	Abandoned
	05/20/2006	FL	Clay pit drowning	Male	41	Abandoned
	06/03/2006	WI	Quarry drowning	Male	37	Abandoned
	06/19/2006	MA	Dirt bike rider tumbles into gravel pit	Male	33	Abandoned
	07/01/2006	IN	Quarry drowning	Male	36	Abandoned
	07/02/2006	WA	Hiker dies of hypothermia in abandoned mine shaft	Male	46	Abandoned
	07/03/2006	CT	Quarry drowning	Male	22	Abandoned
	07/04/2006	AK	Quarry drowning	Male	25	Abandoned
	07/12/2006	MI	Gravel pit drowning	Male	51	Abandoned
	07/17/2006	TN	Quarry drowning	Male	17	Abandoned
	07/18/2006	NH	Quarry drowning	Male	46	Abandoned
	07/25/2006	CA	Asphyxiation	Male Female	49 42	Abandoned
	07/26/2006	NH	ATV overturns on driver	Male	25	Active
	07/29/2006	MD	Quarry drowning	Male	21	Abandoned
	07/29/2006	KY	Quarry drowning	Male	33	Abandoned
	07/29/2006	KY	Quarry drowning	Male	33	Abandoned
	07/30/2006	MN	Quarry drowning	Male	20	Abandoned
	08/01/2006	OH	Quarry drowning	Male	17	Abandoned
	08/05/2006	AZ	Trespasser shot by security guard	Male	24	Active
	08/10/2006	WI	Quarry drowning	Male	17	Abandoned
	08/20/2006	NJ	Gravel pit fall	Female	21	Abandoned
	08/26/2006	KY	ATV tumbles over highwall	Male	33	Idle
	08/27/2006	MN	Drowning due to malfunctioning scuba equipment	Male	47	Abandoned
	10/28/2006	PA	Electrocution	Male	25	Inactive
	12/30/2006	PA	ATV flips over driver	Male	37	Active
	12/31/2006	LA	ATV Accident	Male	22	Active

Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Stay Out - Stay Alive Campaign - List of Fatal Accidents for 2005

**Fatal Accidents Reported for 2005 - 24**
Details	Date	State	Nature of Incident	Sex	Age	Mine Status
The following list of active and abandoned mine fatalities of non-employees was compiled from various reports and newspaper articles.
	03/24/2005	TN	Quarry drowning	Male	13	Abandoned
	04/10/2005	PA	Overturned ATV	Male	50	Abandoned
	05/08/2005	PA	ATV Plunges Over Cliff	Male Female	30 32	Abandoned
	05/29/2005	NH	Scuba diver drowns in quarry	Male	43	Abandoned
	06/05/2005	PA	Quarry drowning	Male	20	Abandoned
	06/07/2005	CT	Quarry drowning	Male	22	Abandoned
	06/19/2005	IA	Drowning	Male	17	Former rock quarry
	06/21/2005	IA	Drowning	Male	16	Converted gravel pit
	06/21/2005	IA	Drowning	Male	31	Converted gravel pit
	06/24/2005	PA	Drowning	Male	34	Abandoned
	06/26/2005	IN	Overturned ATV	Male	27	State forest land
	07/01/2005	TX	Drowning	Male	Undetermined	Abandoned
	07/02/2005	IA	Drowning	Male	18	Abandoned
	07/06/2005	WI	Drowning	Male	25	Abandoned
	07/10/2005	MO	Drowning	Male	19	Abandoned
	07/19/2005	NY	Drowning	Male	22	Abandoned
	07/20/2005	MO	Drowning	Male	42	Abandoned
	08/08/2005	IN	Drowning	Male	40	Abandoned
	08/12/2005	CA	Asphyxiation	Male	74	Abandoned
	08/17/2005	AK	Overturned ATV	Male	17	Abandoned
	09/15/2005	IA	Quarry drowning	Male	19	Abandoned
	09/23/2005	IN	Gravel pit landslide	Male	11	Abandoned
	11/12/2005	CT	Fall from loose rocks at quarry	Male	24	Abandoned

Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Stay Out - Stay Alive Campaign - List of Fatal Accidents for 2005

35 Fatalities For the Year	2004
Details	Date	State	Nature of Fatality	Sex	Age	Mine Status
	01/11/2004	KY	Overturned ATV	Male	49	Abandoned
	03/28/2004	LA	Drowning	Male	20	Abandoned
	04/09/2004	WV	Electrocution	Male	36	Abandoned
	04/26/2004	PA	Drowning	Male	30	Abandoned
	05/02/2004	NY	Overturned ATV	Male	22	Abandoned
	05/06/2004	NE	Drowning	Male	19	Abandoned
	05/12/2004	IL	Drowning	Male	15	Abandoned
	05/12/2004	PA	Drowning	Male	18	Abandoned
	05/15/2004	NJ	Drowning	Male	21	Abandoned
	05/20/2004	GA	Drowning	Male	17	Abandoned
	05/25/2004	KY	Drowning	Male	45	Abandoned
	05/27/2004	FL	Drowning	Male	19	Abandoned
	05/27/2004	TN	Overturned Vehicle	Male	18	Abandoned
	06/03/2004	MN	ATV Crash	Male	33	Undetermined
	06/05/2004	IN	Drowning	Male	18	Abandoned
	06/09/2004	NY	Drowning	Male	23	Inactive
	06/12/2004	ME	Drowning	Male	24	Abandoned
	06/16/2004	MA	Drowning	Male	18	Abandoned
	06/23/2004	OH	Drowning	Male	2	Abandoned
	07/06/2004	OH	Drowning	Male	45	Abandoned
	07/10/2004	OR	Drowning	Male	18	Abandoned
	07/19/2004	KS	Drowning	Female Male	18 54	Abandoned
	07/20/2004	NH	Overturned ATV	Male	6	Abandoned
	07/25/2004	WI	Drowning	Male	12	Abandoned
	08/01/2004	KY	Biking Accident	Male	24	Abandoned
	08/10/2004	IL	Drowning	Male	15	Abandoned
	08/31/2004	OH	Drowning	Male	85	Abandoned
	08/31/2004	AZ	Drowning	Male	33	Abandoned
	09/05/2004	NY	Head-on collision between two ATVs	Male	41	Active
	10/03/2004	MA	ATV Crash	Male	27	Active
	10/03/2004	AK	ATV Rollover	Female	27	Active
	10/09/2004	OH	Drowning	Male	31	Undetermined
	10/22/2004	SD	Exposure or natural causes	Male	43	Abandoned
	11/14/2004	CA	Fall down mine shaft	Male	21	Abandoned

28 Fatals Total for the year	2003
Details	Date	State	Nature of Fatality	Sex	Age	Mine Status
	01/25/2003	IA	Drowning	Male Male	30 31	Abandoned
	05/26/2003	ID	Fall	Male	25	Abandoned
	06/01/2003	OH	Drowning	Male	26	Abandoned
	06/05/2003	TN	Drowning	Male	19	Intermittent
	06/08/2003	IN	Drowning	Male Male	20 37	Intermittent
	06/08/2003	OR	Drowning	Male	20	Abandoned
	06/12/2003	PA	Drowning	Male	13	Abandoned
	06/19/2003	WI	Drowning	Male	17	Abandoned
	06/23/2003	IL	Drowning	Male	17	Abandoned
	06/23/2003	IN	Drowning	Male	Unknown	Abandoned
	07/02/2003	IA	Drowning	Male	35	Abandoned
	07/05/2003	OH	Drowning	Male	21	Abandoned
	07/06/2003	CO	Fall down mine shaft	Male	46	Abandoned
	07/11/2003	NC	Drowning	Male	19	Abandoned
	07/16/2003	OH	Drowning	Male	16	Abandoned
	07/18/2003	WI	Drowning	Male	28	Abandoned
	07/20/2003	MO	Drowning	Male	21	Abandoned
	07/26/2003	IN	Drowning	Male	49	Active
	07/27/2003	PA	Drowning	Male	22	Abandoned
	08/05/2003	OH	Drowning	Male	9	Active
	08/09/2003	NM	Drowning	Male	7	Abandoned
	08/29/2003	NJ	Overturned ATV	Male	43	Abandoned
	08/30/2003	MN	Drowning	Male	54	Abandoned
	09/05/2003	NH	Fall	Male	19	Abandoned
	09/23/2003	MT	Tunnel Collapse	Male	44	Unknown
	09/27/2003	PA	Drowning	Female	21	Former quarry used for scuba training

32 Fatals For the Year	2002
Details	Date	State	Nature of Fatality	Sex	Age	Mine Status
	03/30/2002	PA	Drowning	Male	8	Abandoned
	04/12/2002	VA	Drowning	Female	10	Active/Intermittent
	04/23/2002	NH	Dirt Bike at Sand Pit	Male	39	Abandoned
	05/01/2002	AL	Fall from ATV	Male	17	Abandoned
	05/28/2002	MO	Drowning	Male	16	Abandoned
	06/02/2002	MT	Fall Off Cliff	Male	22	Abandoned
	06/08/2002	CO	Drowning	Female Male	14 Unknown	Abandoned
	06/16/2002	AZ	Fall down mine shaft	Male	21	Abandoned
	06/16/2002	FL	Drowning	Male	14	Abandoned
	06/21/2002	IN	Drowning	Male	18	Abandoned
	06/23/2002	CA	Drowning	Male Male	18 23	Abandoned
	06/30/2002	KY	Drowning	Male	22	Abandoned
	06/30/2002	NY	ATV driven over cliff	Male	20	Inactive
	07/04/2002	MI	Drowning	Male	40	Abandoned
	07/07/2002	NJ	Drowning	Male	43	Abandoned
	07/19/2002	NV	Drowning	Male	41	Abandoned
	07/27/2002	PA	Drowning	Male	30	Abandoned
	07/29/2002	NY	Drowning	Male	16	Abandoned
	08/01/2002	NE	Drowning	Male	37	Abandoned
	08/04/2002	AK	Drowning	Male	20	Abandoned
	08/06/2002	IN	Drowning	Male	21	Abandoned
	08/11/2002	PA	Drowning Drowning	Male Male	22 22	Abandoned
	08/11/2002	NH	Drowning	Male	24	Active
	08/12/2002	VT	Drowning	Male	17	Abandoned
	08/21/2002	VA	Drowning	Male	16	Abandoned
	08/27/2002	NY	Drowning	Male	12	Abandoned
	08/29/2002	KS	Drowning	Male	21	Abandoned
	09/08/2002	IL	Drowning	Male	22	Abandoned
	10/08/2002	TX	Buried in Sand Pile	Male	13	Active

32 Fatals For the Year	2001
Details	Date	State	Nature of Fatality	Sex	Age	Mine Status
	1/12/2001	WA	Drowning	Male	10	Abandoned
	1/12/2001	WA	Drowning	Male	11	Abandoned
	1/20/2001	AZ	Fall	Male	40	Abandoned
	2/10/2001	FL	Overturned ATV	Male	14	Active
	3/24/2001	ID	Overturned ATV	Male	11	Not Determined
	4/20/2001	GA	Drowning	Male	17	Active
	4/26/2001	KY	Overturned ATV	Male	14	Inactive
	5/05/2001	IL	Drowning	Male	16	Abandoned
	5/20/2001	TX	Drowning at Sand Pit	Male	4	Not Determined
	6/02/2001	CA	Drowning	Male	16	Abandoned
	6/05/2001	MA	Drowning	Male	25	Abandoned
	6/05/2001	OH	Drowning	Female Female Male Male	10 11 37 42	Abandoned
	6/10/2001	IL	Drowning	Male	14	Abandoned
	6/19/2001	NJ	Overturned ATV	Male	16	Abandoned
	6/24/2001	AK	Drowning	Male	37	Abandoned
	6/26/2001	PA	Drowning	Male	38	Abandoned
	6/28/2001	MT	Swimmer Struck by Motorboat	Male	41	Unknown
	7/03/2001	MO	Drowning	Male	19	Intermittent
	7/04/2001	MD	Drowning	Male	20	Converted Swim Club
	7/05/2001	MA	Fall	Male	18	Abandoned
	7/15/2001	WI	Drowning	Male	26	Abandoned
	7/17/2001	PA	Drowning	Male	44	Abandoned
	7/23/2001	MN	Drowning	Male	13	Abandoned
	7/30/2001	CO	Fall down mine shaft	Male	71	Abandoned
	7/31/2001	OH	Drowning	Male	43	Abandoned
	8/15/2001	SD	Overturned Equipment	Male	13	Active Sand & Gravel Op.
	9/02/2001	NY	Fall Down Mine Shaft	Male	46	Abandoned
	10/31/2001	AZ	Fall	Female	26	Tourist Mine
	11/18/2001	NY	Overturned Equipment	Female	14	Active

30 Fatals For the Year	2000
#	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
20 21	07/04/2000	TX	Drowning - Sand and gravel mine	Male Male	20 17	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
22	08/22/2000	WI	Drowning - Gravel Pit	Male	18	Abandoned
26	09/24/2000	TN	Victim fell into limestone quarry	Male	N/A	Active
27	10/01/2000	WI	Victim jumped over limestone quarry highwall in apparent suicide	Male	N/A	Active
28	10/28/2000	VA	Quarry Drowning	Male	17	Inactive
29	11/16/2000	VA	Fall from coal mine highwall	Male	30	Abandoned

17 Fatalities For the Year	1999
#	Date	State	Nature of Fatality	Sex	Age	Mine Status
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


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