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Austin Powder Company contractor

Metal / nonmetal
MSHA contractor ID: E24
Safety record
5
Fatalities
700
Citations
9,514,452
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.
0.11
Fatalities / million hrs
73.6 citations per million contractor employee-hours, 2000 to present.
Source: MSHA contractor employment/production and accident records, updated weekly.

Top causes

  • EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS 3 fatalities · 12 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 24 non-fatal
  • FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS 1 fatality
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS 172 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 149 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 38 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2017
2
2016
22
2015
6
2014
11
2013
13
2012
18
2011
22
2010
19 (1f)
2009
15
2008
23
2007
21
2006
31
2005
43
2004
18
2003
19
2002
27
2001
7
2000
6
1999
13
1998
29
1997
14
1996
28
1995
18
1994
6
1993
12
1992
19 (2f)
1991
13
1990
3
1989
1 (1f)
1988
1
1986
1 (1f)

Mines worked

Recorded fatalities

5 recorded
December 23, 2010 FL · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
MID Coast Aggregates LLC · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

The senior blaster received fatal injuries when he was conducting a post-blast examination. The accident occurred when the ground on which he was walking caved in. The circumstances surrounding the accident and the cause of the accident are still under investigation.

April 9, 1992 MN · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Meridian Aggregates Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR OF PICK UP TRUCK WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN HIS TRUCK AND ANOTHER TRUCK THEN TRUCK RAN OVER OPERATOR

July 13, 1989 NY · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey Fatality · EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Callanan Industries Inc · Struck by falling object

BLASTER IN CHARGE HIT ON HEAD BY FLYROCK & KILLED SUBSEQUENT TO INITIATING BLAST

November 13, 1986 IN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
American Aggregates Corp · Struck by flying object

UNPLANNED DETON5TION WHILE FATALLY INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF LOADING BLASTING AGENT EXPLOSIVE INTO BOREHOLE 5000 #6 FUSE CAPS WERE BEING DESTROYED AND HAD BEEN LOADED INTO SOME HOLES PRIOR TO UNPLA3NED DETONATION UNKNOWN AND IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE IF #6 CAPS WERE IN THE HOLE THAT DETONATED UNPLANNED EXCLUSIVE OF THE FUSE CAPS THE NORMAL LOADING PROCEDURE AND PRODUCTS GIV