Mining Incidents

Huelsman-Sweeney Constr Inc contractor

Metal / nonmetal
MSHA contractor ID: C1Y
Safety record
1
Fatalities
85
Citations
470,382
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.
2.13
Fatalities / million hrs
180.7 citations per million contractor employee-hours, 2000 to present.
Source: MSHA contractor employment/production and accident records, updated weekly.

Top causes

  • MACHINERY 1 fatality · 3 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS 2 non-fatal
  • RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS (TOXIC AGENTS) 2 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 2 non-fatal
  • IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST 1 non-fatal
  • OTHER 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2021
1
2016
2 (1f)
2014
1
2006
3
2004
2
2001
1
1998
1
1986
1
1983
1

Mines worked

Recorded fatalities

1 recorded
August 9, 2016 KY · Metal/Non-Metal steel worker, iron metal worker, iron worker Fatality · MACHINERY
KOSMOS CEMENT CO. · Struck by falling object

Employee was changing a cable pulley that raised and lowered a load spout. While installing the new pulley, something broke. The cable struck the employee in the head area fatally injuring the employee. The investigation is still ongoing to determine the exact cause.