MSHA - Stay Out - Stay Alive Campaign - Previous Near Miss Summaries (2004-2010)

This sign could save your life. Pay Attention!	Previous "Near Miss" Incident Summaries (2004 - 2011)

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

MSHA - Stay Out - Stay Alive Campaign - List of Near Miss Incidents for 2011

**"Near Miss" Incident Summaries (2011)**
Date	State	Nature of Incident	Sex	Age	Mine Type
01/31/2011	CA	Man Falls to Bottom of 200 Foot Deep Abandoned Mine Shaft	Male	?	Abandoned
03/18/2011	PA	Boy Trapped on Quarry Wall	Male	21	Abandoned
04/25/2011	PA	9 and 12 Year-Old Boys use Excavator to Flip Bulldozer	Male Male	9 12	Active
05/02/2011	WY	Two Men Fall Down Mine Shaft	Male Male	? ?	Abandoned
05/30/2011	IL	Teen Survives 100 Foot Fall Into Quarry	Male	Teenager	Abandoned
05/30/2011	AL	Swimmer injured at Huntsville rock quarry	Male	28	Abandoned
10/24/2011	CO	17-year-old rescued from mine shaft near Golden	Male	17	Abandoned

MSHA - Stay Out - Stay Alive Campaign - List of Near Miss Incidents for 2010

**"Near Miss" Incident Summaries (2010)**
Date	State	Nature of Incident	Sex	Age	Mine Type
03/20/2010	UT	Man Falls Into Abandoned Mine While Snowmobiling	Male	44	Abandoned
04/17/2010	FL	Elderly Man Falls Into Quarry	Male	Unknown	Abandoned
06/08/2010	MA	Man Stranded on Edge of Rock Quarry	Male	32	Abandoned
06/13/2010	MA	Scuba Diver Rescued	Male	Unknown	Abandoned
07/09/2010	WI	Boy Suffers Head Injury After Jumping Off Quarry Cliff	Male	14	Abandoned
07/11/2010	UT	Mine Exploration Group Locates Explosives	N/A	N/A	Abandoned
07/23/2010	OH	Teen Critically Injured After Fall into Quarry	Male	16	Abandoned
08/01/2010	OH	Man Seriously Injured After Falling into Quarry	Male	28	Abandoned
08/02/2010	NM	Man Rescued After Falling Into Mine Crater	Male	50s	Abandoned
08/29/2010	KY	Woman Hurts Back Jumping from Quarry Cliff	Female	20	Abandoned
09/07/2010	NY	ATV Crash at Gravel Pit	Male	35	Abandoned
09/07/2010	ME	Teen Rescued from Gravel Pit Cliff	Male	Teen	Abandoned
09/16/2010	TN	Man Breaks Back After Diving Into Quarry	Male	18	Abandoned
09/17/2010	NY	ATV Flips Onto Man	Male	22	Abandoned
11/27/2010	PA	Four Teens Trapped in Abandoned Mine Shaft	Male	18-20	Abandoned
11/27/2010	CA	Teen Rides Motorcycle Into Abandoned Mine Shaft	Male	17	Abandoned

MSHA - Stay Out - Stay Alive Campaign - List of Near Miss Incidents for 2009

**"Near Miss" Incident Summaries (2009)**
Date	State	Nature of Incident	Sex	Age	Mine Type
02/09/2009	MN	Teen Drives Snowmobile Off Cliff Into Gravel Pit	Male	16	Active
02/16/2009	MD	Teen Falls Into Quarry	Male	19	Abandoned
03/03/2009	AZ	Fall down mine shaft	Male	60's	Abandoned
03/09/2009	NJ	ATV Accident	Male	21	Active
03/20/2009	UT	Snowmobiler Injured in 50-foot fall	Male	45	Abandoned
03/20/2009	CT	Teen Slips into Quarry	Male	19	Abandoned
03/22/2009	UT	ATV Rolls Down Gravel Pit Hill	Male	6	Active
03/30/2009	UT	Man Falls Into Abandoned Mine While Skiing	Male	50	Abandoned
03/31/2009	MN	Teen Falls Into Quarry	Male	17	Active
05/14/2009	AR	Teens Falls 100 Feet Into Quarry	Male	17	Inactive
06/03/2009	MN	Teen Falls Into Quarry	Male	15	Inactive
07/12/2009	ME	Woman Injured in ATV Crash	Female	44	Inactive
07/14/2009	NJ	Teen Hurt in Quarry Accident	Male	14	Active
08/03/2009	AZ	Jeep Flips and Rolls Into Mine Shaft	Male	32	Inactive
08/03/2009	OR	Mans Falls Into Gravel Pit	Male	35	Active
08/09/2009	CA	Mans In Wheelchair Falls Into Quarry	Male	35	Active
08/16/2009	MN	Man Rescued From Quarry	Male	Unknown	Inactive
08/20/2009	MA	Woman Rescued From Quarry	Female	23	Inactive
08/24/2009	NH	Two Teens Hurt When Dirt Bikes Collide at Gravel Pit	Male Male	16 17	Active
09/07/2009	OH	Man Falls Down Quarry Cliff	Male	24	Inactive
10/17/2009	UT	Hunter Finds Explosives in Abandoned Mine	Male	N/A	Abandoned
11/15/2009	PA	Man Falls Into Quarry	Male	39	Active

MSHA - Stay Out - Stay Alive Campaign - List of Near Miss Incidents for 2008

**"Near Miss" Incident Summaries (2008)**
Date	State	Nature of Incident	Sex	Age	Mine Type
03/01/2008	KY	Truck Rolls Over Embankment	Male Male	Unknown Unknown	Active
04/26/2008	PA	500-Foot Fall into Strip Mine	Male	23	Abandoned
05/25/2008	PA	Pair of ATV Crashes	Female Male	28 48	Abandoned
05/26/2008	PA	ATV Crash	Male Female	38 38	Abandoned
05/26/2008	OH	Boy Falls Off Cliff	Male	12	Abandoned
06/17/2008	UT	Explosives found in abandoned mine	N/A	N/A	Abandoned
07/05/2008	MN	ATV Crash	Male	20	Active
07/20/2008	WI	Car Crash	Male Male Male Male	21 21 21 22	Active
07/21/2008	OH	Diver Runs Out of Air	Female	22	Abandoned
08/04/2008	PA	SUV Falls into Quarry	Female	45	Active
08/14/2008	PA	Teen Jumps Into Quarry	Male	18	Inactive
08/16/2008	MA	Man Injured After Jumping In Quarry	Male	18	Abandoned
08/17/2008	CA	Fall Down Mine Shaft	Male	34	Abandoned
09/04/2008	WI	Bicycle Crash	Male	59	Active
09/09/2008	AZ	Fall Down Mine Shaft	Male	?	Abandoned
09/27/2008	UT	Journalist Identifies Explosives in Abandoned Mine	Male	?	Abandoned
12/22/2008	AZ	Fall Down Mine Shaft	Male	45	Abandoned

MSHA - Stay Out - Stay Alive Campaign - List of Near Miss Incidents for 2007

**"Near Miss" Incident 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 Pitï¿½Again	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	Active
12/31/2007	CA	Boy Falls Down Mine Shaft	Male	11	Abandoned

MSHA - Stay Out - Stay Alive Campaign - List of Near Miss Incidents for 2006

**"Near Miss" Incident Summaries (2006)**
Date	State	Nature of Incident	Sex	Age	Mine Status
03/05/2006	AZ	Severe injuries in mine explosion	2 Males	Undetermined	Abandoned
03/06/2006	UT	Explosives Found in Abandoned Mine	N/A	N/A	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
04/14/2006	CA	Man Suffers Paralyzing Injuries After Falling Down Mine Shaft	Male	34	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
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

MSHA - Stay Out - Stay Alive Campaign - List of Near Miss Incidents for 2005

**"Near Miss" Incident 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	Owl-seeking hiker falls into mine shaft	2 Males	26 28	Abandoned
04/10/2005	MN	Teen falls into quarry	Male	17	Active
04/11/2005	CA	11 Year-Old Boy Falls Into Mine Shaft	Male	11	Abandoned
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
10/20/2005	UT	Explosives Found in Abandoned Mine	N/A	N/A	Abandoned

MSHA - Stay Out - Stay Alive Campaign - List of Near Miss Incidents for 2004

**"Near Miss" Incident Summaries (2004)**
Date	State	Nature of Incident	Sex	Age	Mine Status
02/16/2004	CA	11 Year-Old Boy Falls Into Mine Shaft	Male	11	Abandoned
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
05/20/2004	UT	Explosives Found in Abandoned Mine	N/A	N/A	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
08/28/2004	UT	Fall In Mine	Male	46	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
12/24/2004	CA	9 Year-Old Boy Rides Motorcycle into Mine Shaft	Male	9	Abandoned