Beckwith Machinery Co contractor

Metal / nonmetal

MSHA contractor ID: K37

Safety record

1
Fatalities: 17
Citations: 378,783
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.: 0.00
Fatalities / million hrs

44.9 citations per million contractor employee-hours, 2000 to present.

Source: MSHA contractor employment/production and accident records, updated weekly.

Top causes

FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS 1 fatality
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 14 non-fatal
MACHINERY 8 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 6 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 5 non-fatal
OTHER 1 non-fatal

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Mines worked

Recorded fatalities

1 recorded

September 20, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

J & B Coal Company · Struck by falling object

I NAME WAS WORKING ON THE RIGHT FRONT ROLLER CARRIER STAND ON A CATERPILLAR D9G WHILE POSITIONED UNDER THE BUCKET OF A CATERPILLAR 966C FRONT END LOADER. THE LOADER BUCKET WAS BEING USED TO HO LD DOWN THE ROLLER STAND IT MOVED AND FELL OFF O F THE STAND AND PINNED HIM RESULTING IN FATAL INJURY.