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Komatsu Mining Corp dba Joy GlobalJoy Global contractor

Metal / nonmetal
MSHA contractor ID: P001
Safety record
1
Fatalities
62
Citations
2,290,220
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.
0.44
Fatalities / million hrs
27.1 citations per million contractor employee-hours, 2000 to present.
Source: MSHA contractor employment/production and accident records, updated weekly.

Top causes

  • MACHINERY 1 fatality · 18 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS 15 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 9 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 6 non-fatal
  • FIRE 2 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE 2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2021
2
2020
5
2019
1 (1f)
2018
4
2017
1
2016
2
2015
3
2014
5
2013
7
2012
3
2011
5
2010
3
2009
2
2008
5
2007
3
2006
3

Mines worked

Recorded fatalities

1 recorded
March 6, 2019 NM · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY
Freeport-McMoRan Tyrone Inc · Struck by flying object

While preparing to perform side frame/track repairs on a 4100A shovel. When the relief valve was ejected from the jack. Employee was struck by a pressure relief valve in the lower left abdominal/waist area. The injury resulted in the death of the employee.