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Cowin & Company, Inc. contractor

Metal / nonmetal
MSHA contractor ID: B84
Safety record
4
Fatalities
587
Citations
3,660,228
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.
0.55
Fatalities / million hrs
160.4 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 2 fatalities · 130 non-fatal
  • HOISTING 1 fatality · 68 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 37 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY 168 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS 163 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE 28 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2026
1
2025
2
2024
3
2023
3
2022
5
2021
3
2020
2
2019
4
2018
3
2017
3
2015
2
2014
2
2013
6
2012
9
2011
13
2010
6
2009
9 (1f)
2008
12
2007
28 (1f)
2006
14
2005
11
2004
7
2003
10
2002
25
2001
29
2000
30
1999
29
1998
41
1997
15
1996
19
1995
43
1994
26
1993
43
1992
30
1991
30
1990
36
1989
24
1988
25
1987
20
1986
10
1985
14
1984
6 (1f)
1983
22 (1f)

Mines worked

Recorded fatalities

4 recorded
September 23, 2009 IL · Coal driller operator Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
M-Class Mining LLC · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

A piece of grating had been moved to insert a piece of pipe. Employee stepped in hole in grating and fell 38' down the shaft. Injury was fatal.

July 29, 2007 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nyrstar Tennessee Mines, Strawberry Plains LLC · Fall down raise, shaft or manway

Employee was working approximately 550' down in elevator shaft, working off top of elevator. Beam came loose that was thought to be secured. Employee fell from top of elevator to bottom of shaft, resulting in his death.

June 13, 1984 UT · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

ROOF BOLTING, A 5\ X 5\ 1-2\ ROCK FELL ON DECEASED

January 5, 1983 VA · Coal driller operator Fatality · HOISTING
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by falling object

40 LB PLUMB BOB ACCIDENTALLT FELL DOWN A SHAFT UNDER CONSTRUCTION APPX 1300\ STRIKING DECEASED IN HEAD.