Gunther-Nash Inc contractor

Metal / nonmetal

MSHA contractor ID: B08

Safety record

3
Fatalities: 212
Citations: 1,378,257
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.: 0.73
Fatalities / million hrs

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

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

Top causes

SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 fatality · 81 non-fatal
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 fatality · 20 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 18 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 149 non-fatal
MACHINERY 123 non-fatal
HOISTING 36 non-fatal

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Mines worked

Recorded fatalities

3 recorded

August 19, 2002 KY · Coal driller operator Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Warrior Coal LLC · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING APPROXIMATELY 75 FT OUT BY THE FACE PIVKING UP TOOLS AND LOADING THEM INTO MUCK CAR TO BE REMOVED PRIOR TO SHOOTING THE FACE. THE REMAINDER OF THE CREW WAS CHARGING DRILL HOLES IN THE FACE WITH EXPLOSIVES. THE CREW AT THE FACE HEARD A LOUD NOISE, WHEN THEY WENT TO INVESTIGATE THEY FOUND INJURED PINNED UNDER A ROCK 8'6" X 22" X 22" THAT HAD FALLEN OUT OF RIB.

September 29, 1999 IA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Bruening Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY ATTEMPTED TO EXIT MACHINE TO THE RIGHT UNDER THE BOOM. WHILE EXITING, THE EMPLOYEE'S HIP ENGAGED THE BOOM LOWER CONTROL, CAUSING THE BOOM TO LOWER AND CRUSH EMPLOYEE'S TORS O, CAUSING FATAL INTERNAL INJURIES.

May 17, 1996 IL · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Wabash Mine Holding Company · Fall down raise, shaft or manway

EMPLOYEE WALKE DOTU ON HEAD FRAME STRUCTURAL SUPPORT BEAMS WHILE INSTALLING COLLAR STRUCTURE. TURNING TO LEAVE SHAFT DOORS EMPLOYEE MISJUDGED WHERE HE WAS STEPPED OFF ON 3.5' RADIUS AIR SWEEP -LOSING HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO BOTTOM OF SHAFT.