Mining Incidents

Kemper Equipment contractor

Metal / nonmetal
MSHA contractor ID: GVG
Safety record
1
Fatalities
23
Citations
178,751
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.
5.59
Fatalities / million hrs
128.7 citations per million contractor employee-hours, 2000 to present.
Source: MSHA contractor employment/production and accident records, updated weekly.

Top causes

  • EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE 1 fatality
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2025
1 (1f)
2010
1

Mines worked

Recorded fatalities

1 recorded
December 22, 2025 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Mundy Stone Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

The injured employee was performing maintenance on a rock crusher using a cutting torch when a fire occurred. The injured employee received burns to EE's body and which ultimately proved fatal.