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Fatalities During Construction of Hoover Dam
1922
Date Name Cause of Death
12/20
J. G. Tierney, U.S.B.R*
Drowned
1931
Date Name Cause of Death
5/17
Harry Large, Six Company
Rock Slide
5/17
Andrew Lane, Six Company
Rock Slide
5/18
Fred Olsen, Lewis Const. Co.
Premature Explosion
6/20
William Bryant, Six Company
Explosion
6/20
J. P. Sweezy, Six Company
Explosion
6/27
Pat Shannon, Six Company
Heat Prostration
6/28
Mike Madzia, Six Company
Heat Prostration
6/25
Ray Hapland, Six Company
Heat Prostration
7/5
Joe Rolland, Six Company
Drowned
7/5
Martin Puluski, (visitor)
Drowned
7/8
Robert Core, Newberry Elec. Corp.
Heat Prostration
7/10
A. E. Meredith, Lewis Const. Co.
Heat Prostration
7/10
Thomas Murray, Anderson Bros.
Heat Prostration
7/11
Joe Lyons, Anderson Bros.
Heat Prostration
7/13
Earl Parker, Six Company
Heat Prostration
7/15
John Swenson, Six Company
Heat Prostration
7/20
Chase Allen, Six Company
Heat Prostration
7/22
A. A. McClurg, Intrnl. Truck Co.
Heat Prostration
7/23
Tom Noonal, Six Company
Heat Prostration
7/24
Joe Ganz, Anderson Bros.
Heat Prostration
7/26
Lew Starnes, Anderson Bros.
Heat Prostration
9/11
H. H. Kidd, Six Company
Falling Rock
9/21
Jack Russell, Six Company
Fell 400 feet
9/29
Jack Seitz, Six Company
Falling Rock
10/2
Lauri Lehto, Six Company
Falling Rock
10/17
Joe Doyle, Six Company
Falling Rock
10/17
Ralph Henderson, Six Company
Falling Rock
10/17
M. C. Stuckey, Six Company
Falling Rock
11/7
D. R. Elston, Six Company
Struck by Truck
12/15
M. J. Sidmore, Six Company
Premature Explosion
12/15
Frank Manning, Six Company
Premature Explosion
1932
Date Name Cause of Death
1/7
S. A. McDaniel, Six Company
Fell
2/11
Joe Talbert, Six Company
Power Shovel
2/25
Ben Johnson, Six Company
Drowned in Tank
3/11
O. A. George, Six Company
Crushed - Trucks
3/30
Frank Brady, Six Company
Falling Rock
4/14
Carl Bennett, Six Company
Explosion
4/21
H. H. Nightingale, Six Company
Shovel - Crushed
4/26
L. N. McBride, Six Company
Struck by Skip Line
4/27
Bert Lynch, Six Company
Falling Rock
4/28
V. R. Moore, Six Company
Struck by Concrete Skip
5/11
John Abercrombie, Six Company
Transport Collision
5/20
B. S. Joyce, Six Company
Falling Rock
5/30
H. A. Willis, Six Company
Electrocuted
6/17
H. L. Scothern, Six Company
Struck by Cable
7/25
Walter Hardesty, Six Company
Struck by Cable
7/27
E. A. Bishop, Six Company
Truck Went Overboard
7/29
Alexander Girardi, Six Company
Fell from Wall
8/24
A. E. Wooden, Six Company
Crushed by Form
8/31
E. H. Gammill, Six Company
Premature Explosion
9/24
V. I. Kemnitz, Six Company
Rock Fall
9/25
P. B. Hicks, Six Company
Fell from Wall
9/28
James C. Roberts, Six Company
Falling Rock
11/9
Louie Goss, Six Company
Fell from Wall
11/16
Carl Soderstrom, Six Company
Drowned
12/1
R. R. Petticrew, Six Company
Electrocuted
12/12
Dan Shovlin, Six Company
Struck by Truck
12/23
Walter Hamer, Six Company
Fell from Valve House
1933
Date Name Cause of Death
1/1
F. C. Palmer, Six Company
Fell from Valve House
1/10
Gus Enberg, Six Company
Explosion
1/11
Howard Cornelius, Six Company
Explosion
2/1
V. H. Blair, Six Company
Fell from Truck
2/7
J. H. Powers, Six Company
Truck fell on him
2/7
M. H. Kaighn, Six Company
Rock Slide
3/12
Tome Markey, Six Company
Fell
3/16
William Koontz, Six Company
Run over by Truck
4/8
Dan Kalal, Six Company
Gravel Slide
5/20
H. D. Bluhm, Six Company
Struck by Shovel
5/22
Pete Savoff, Six Company
Fell
6/23
Mike Landers, Six Company
Falling Rock
6/26
L. W. Steele, Six Company
Runover by Truck
7/1
F. B. Kassell, Six Company
Premature Explosion
7/13
George Falkener, Six Company
Falling Timber
7/19
J. M. Nelson, Six Company
Fell from Form
9/15
V. O. Lee, Six Company
Electrocuted
10/1
James Jackman, Six Company
Falling Concrete Bucket
11/8
W. A. Jameson, Six Company
Concrete Slide
11/8
James Tocci, Six Company
Run over by Truck
12/6
L. E. Roach, Six Company
Fell from Jumbo
12/29
P. A. Malan, Six Company
Fell from Form
1934
Date Name Cause of Death
1/22
George Good, Six Company
Falling Material
2/1
Rosyn Grant, Six Company
Fell
2/6
Kenneth Walden, Six Company
Crushed by Concrete Bucket
2/26
Eugene Buckner, Six Company
Falling Timber
3/10
George R. Richardson, Six Company
Elevator Accident
3/23
Harry Morgan, Six Company
Fell
4/14
Allen Jackson, Six Company
Fell
5/16
G. D. McIsaac, Six Company
Electrocuted
5/20
Howard Bently, Six Company
Falling Rock
5/25
Fred Deckmann, B&W
Fell
5/26
Samuel L. Carter, Six Company
Run over by Conc. Dinkey
6/11
Grant Miles, Six Company
Fell 60' walking thru drain
6/24
Victor K. Auchard, Six Company
Crushed under Jumbo
8/27
Harris Lange, B&W
Sling Broke, Falling objects
9/16
Frank A. Fritz, Six Company
Electrocuted
9/26
John W. Rawls, Six Company
Fell from Form
11/1
Paul L. Jordan, B&W
Fell from 30' Pipe
11/1
Richard M. Whelan, B&W
Penstock Car Broke Loose
11/1
Martin L. Hempel, B&W
Penstock Car Broke Loose
11/4
Alfred E. Foreman, B&W
Penstock Car Broke Loose
11/14
K. H. Rankin, U.S.B.R.
Struck by Concrete Bucket
1935
Date Name Cause of Death
1/3
J. W. Pitts, Six Company
Struck by Concrete Bucket
2/19
Kenneth L. Wilson, Six Company
Line Broke - Fell 200'
2/21
B. R. Reaves, Six Company
Fell into Tunnel & Drowned
5/15
David C. Nixon, Six Company
Crushed by Concrete Bucket
5/17
Verne Mason, Six Company
Falling Pipe
6/21
J. W. Matson, B&W
Falling Casting
6/21
Harold Koile, B&W
Falling Casting
8/14
William R. Skaloud, B&W
Fell
11/17
Albert G. Loper, Six Company
Fell
11/24
Roy Stevens, Six Company
Struck by Flying Object
12/20
Patrict W. Tierney, U.S.B.R.*
Fell from Intake Tower
1939
Date Name Cause of Death
2/15
John G. Hansen, U.S.B.R.
Drowned
There were no accidental deaths from 1923 to 1930, from 1936 to 1938, and from 1940 to 1942.
*Patrict W. Tierney was the son of J. G. Tierney, who was killed on the job in 1922.
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