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Purcell Tire & Rubber Co. contractor

Metal / nonmetal
MSHA contractor ID: LMD
Safety record
1
Fatalities
78
Citations
1,446,920
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.
0.69
Fatalities / million hrs
53.9 citations per million contractor employee-hours, 2000 to present.
Source: MSHA contractor employment/production and accident records, updated weekly.

Top causes

  • OTHER 1 fatality
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS 7 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 4 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 4 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY 3 non-fatal
  • DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2026
1
2023
1
2022
1
2020
1
2015
1
2014
1
2012
3
2011
1 (1f)
2010
1
2009
2
2008
2
2007
3
2006
3
2005
1

Mines worked

Recorded fatalities

1 recorded
October 28, 2011 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · OTHER
Newmont USA Limited · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

While performing a section repair in sidewall of a large earthmover tire the associate was discovered unconscious and unresponsive inside the tire by a mining company worker.