Mining Incidents

Tire Centers West, LLC contractor

Metal / nonmetal
MSHA contractor ID: B996
Safety record
1
Fatalities
27
Citations
346,027
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.
2.89
Fatalities / million hrs
78.0 citations per million contractor employee-hours, 2000 to present.
Source: MSHA contractor employment/production and accident records, updated weekly.

Top causes

  • MACHINERY 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
  • EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE 2 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2016
1
2015
1
2004
1
2003
1 (1f)
2002
3

Mines worked

Recorded fatalities

1 recorded
September 26, 2003 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY
Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TIRE SERVICE TECH WAS POSITIONING A 50 TON DUMP TRUCK TIRE WHEN THE TIRE FELL FROM THE BOOM CLAMP TRAPPING TECH BETWEEN TIRE AND BOOM TRUCK BED AND FRAME. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BOOM TRUCK BUT FA TALLY INJURING THE TIRE TECH. THE AREA WAS AN OPEN FIELD AREA, WEATHER WAS CLEAR, AREA WAS DRY, DAYLIGHT HOURS.