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This sign could save your life. Pay Attention!	Previous "Near Miss" Accident Summaries (2004 - 2007)

The following list of active and abandoned mine "Near Miss" accidents of non-employees which was compiled from various reports and newspaper articles.

Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Stay Out - Stay Alive Campaign - List of Near Miss Accidents for 2007

**"Near Miss" Accident Summaries (2007)**
Date	State	Nature of Incident	Sex	Age	Mine Type
01/21/2007	NM	Man falls 50 feet into old mine shaft	Male	26	Abandoned
03/04/2007	WI	Sled slides 200 feet into quarry	Male Female	Both Unknown	Inactive
03/13/2007	PA	Boat Deflates in Mine Tunnel	Male Male	17 25	Abandoned
03/17/2007	PA	Man Falls Down Mine Shaft During Police Chase	Male	Unknown	Unknown
04/02/2007	CO	Dog Falls Down Mine Shaft While Walking with Owner			Abandoned
04/03/2007	IN	Nine Year-Old Boy Buried By Gravel	Male	9	Active
04/28/2007	CO	Four Year-Old Wanders Off to Gravel Pit—Again	Male	4	Active
04/28/2007	WV	Workers Blast Seal to Rescue West Virginia Men	Male Male	24 26	Inactive
05/24/2007	CT	Teen Rescued from Quarry	Male	19	Active
05/28/2007	NH	11 Hurt When Truck Falls Into Gravel Pit	Male	24	Active
05/30/2007	OH	Woman Falls Into Gravel Pit	Female	50	Abandoned
06/09/2007	WI	Car Falls into Abandoned Quarry	Male Female	21 20	Abandoned
06/11/2007	MI	Teen Crashes Truck into Quarry	Male	19	Abandoned
07/05/2007	WI	Car Falls into Quarry	Female Male Male Male Male	22 22 20 22 22	Active
08/02/2007	WV	Explosion	Male Male		Abandoned
11/12/2007	CA	Teen Rescued from Quarry Ledge	Female	17	Abandoned
12/31/2007	CA	Boy Falls Down Mine Shaft	Male	11	Abandoned

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

**"Near Miss" Accident Summaries (2006)**
Date	State	Nature of Incident	Sex	Age	Mine Status
03/05/2006	AZ	Severe injuries in mine explosion	2 Males	Undetermined	Abandoned
03/12/2006	CA	Fall Down Vertical Mine Shaft	2 Males	62 and 67	Active
03/12/2006	AZ	Car topples 25 feet into mine shaft	2 Males	Unknown	Abandoned
04/29/2006	CA	40-foot fall down mine shaft	Male	27	Abandoned
05/08/2006	PA	Boy falls 65 feet into quarry	Male	13	Active
06/19/2006	OR	Fawn rescued from mine shaft	Undetermined	Undetermined	Abandoned
07/17/2006	FL	Boy tumbles 55 feet down side of quarry	Male	13	Abandoned
07/31/2006	WV	Two men hunting for scrap metal get lost in mine	Male Male	35 44	Abandoned
08/06/2006	VA	Trespassers in search of mine supplies	2 Males	16 and 21	Abandoned

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

**"Near Miss" Accident Summaries (2005)**
Date	State	Nature of Incident	Sex	Age	Mine Status
03/18/2005	CT	Man suspended from quarry cliff	Male	20	Active
03/21/2005	NH	Gate crasher at gravel pit	Male	33	Active
03/25/2005	CA	Man falls into mine shaft	Male	Unkown	Abandoned
03/25/2005	CA	Owl-seeking hiker falls into mine shaft	Male	28	Abandoned
04/10/2005	MN	Teen falls into quarry	Male	17	Active
04/16/2005	ME	Inebriated driver’s SUV lands facedown in gravel pit	Male	36	Abandoned
08/01/2005	MD	Youth falls while rock climbing at stone quarry	Female	Teen	Abandoned

Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Stay Out - Stay Alive Campaign - List of Near Miss Accidents for 2004

**"Near Miss" Accident Summaries (2004)**
Date	State	Nature of Incident	Sex	Age	Mine Status
04/03/2004	MA	Overturned dirt bike	Male	22	Active
04/12/2004	NV	Fall down mine shaft	Male	29	Abandoned
04/19/2004	CA	Fall in Rock Quarry	Female	16	Inactive
04/24/2004	PA	Fall down mine shaft	Male	18	Abandoned
04/24/2004	WA	ATV crash	Male	Unknown	Undetermined
05/14/2004	CO	Spelunkers become lost, disoriented for 10 hours	4 Males	18, 34, 39, 48	Abandoned
05/23/2004	VA	Swimmers stranded by strong currents	2 Males	16,18	Unknown
06/20/2004	UT	Fall from ATV	Male	21	Unknown
06/21/2004	WI	80-foot fall into old quarry	Male	Undetermined	Unknown
07/10/2004	NH	ATV rollover	Male	8	Undetermined
07/22/2004	CT	Exhausted swimmer becomes trapped in quarry	Male	17	Abandoned
07/27/2004	ME	Swimmer injured jumping from quarry rock face into water	Male	19	Inactive
07/31/2004	TN	60-foot fall from quarry bluff	Male	13	Abandoned
08/29/2004	ME	Overturned ATV	Male	18	Undetermined
09/01/2004	NY	50-foot fall from quarry embankment	Female	Teenager	Undetermined
12/17/2004	ME	Airborne snowmobiles drop to bottom of gravel pit	3 Males	15 or 16	Undetermined


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