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Ames Construction Inc contractor

Metal / nonmetal
MSHA contractor ID: U82
Safety record
1
Fatalities
546
Citations
18,225,424
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.
0.05
Fatalities / million hrs
30.0 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 · 2 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 50 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS 45 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE 35 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY 31 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 29 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2025
4
2024
1
2021
2
2020
2
2018
6
2017
1
2015
1
2014
8
2013
10
2012
3
2011
5
2010
3 (1f)
2009
5
2008
3
2007
5
2006
6
2005
10
2004
9
2003
13
2002
9
2001
4
2000
5
1999
8
1998
3
1997
2
1996
5
1995
6
1994
10
1993
6
1992
14
1991
24
1990
6
1989
1
1988
4
1987
7
1986
6

Mines worked

Recorded fatalities

1 recorded
January 9, 2010 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Freeport McMoRan Miami Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employees were placing 24" HDPE pipe, when the pipe suddenly shifted and rolled on top of one of the workers. He was treated and stabilized at the scene. He was subsequently transported to a hospital, where he later passed away.