Fricke Management & Contracting, Inc. contractor

Metal / nonmetal

MSHA contractor ID: 7GD

Safety record

1
Fatalities: 102
Citations: 905,884
Employee-hours (2000+) ⓘ Rates use contractor-reported employee-hours as the denominator. About 2% of reported hours are dropped as duplicate filings, so the hours total runs slightly low and any per-hour rate reads slightly high. Quarters filed with zero hours are excluded, and hours are reported only from 2000 on.: 1.10
Fatalities / million hrs

112.6 citations per million contractor employee-hours, 2000 to present.

Source: MSHA contractor employment/production and accident records, updated weekly.

Top causes

IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST 1 fatality
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 4 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 3 non-fatal
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal
MACHINERY 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2019

1 (1f)

2018

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2013

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2009

2008

2005

2001

Mines worked

Paradise #9 KY
Poplar Grove Preparation Plant KY
Badger Mining Hixton WI
Mine No. 1 IL
Willow Lake Central Preparation Plant IL
Lively Grove Mine IL
Somerville Central Mine IN
UC Processing, LLC KY
Prairie Eagle IL
Gateway Mine IL
Riola Complex Vermilion Grove Portal IL

Recorded fatalities

1 recorded

July 31, 2019 KY · Coal welder (shop) Fatality · IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST

KenAmerican Resources Inc · Struck by concussion

FMC employees were attempting to seal the hoist shaft at the Bremen Portal at Ken American Paradise Mine No. 9. Steel beams were welded in place metal decking was secured covering the shaft. Methane accumulated in the shaft and caused a series of two explosions 4-5 seconds apart. The second explosion killed FMC employee. No other fatalities or injuries occurred.