Eldridge Excavation Inc: 1 recorded fatality contractor

Metal / nonmetal

MSHA contractor ID: X3L

Safety record

1
Fatalities: 5
Citations: 37,179
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. Hours and rates here cover 2000 on; contractor hours from 1983 to 1999 are on record but not counted in them.: n/a
Fatalities / million hrs

No rate is shown: this contractor has under 100,000 reported hours since 2000, where the site's contractor rates begin.

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

Top causes

FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS 1 fatality
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 2 non-fatal
MACHINERY 2 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2000

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1996

1995

1 (1f)

Mines worked

Belle Ayr Mine WY
Eagle Butte Mine WY

Recorded fatalities

1 recorded

July 27, 1995 WY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Amax Coal West Inc · Struck by falling object

CONTRACTOR TRUCK DRIVER DELIVERED A LOAD OF BLACK "POLY" PIPE TO THE MINE SITE. UPON ARRIVING AT THE UNLOADING YARD HE DISCUSSED THE UNLOADING PROCEDURE WITH THE CONTRACTOR FORKLIFT OPERATOR. THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR STARTED POSITIONING THE FORKLIFT TO UNLOAD AND THE TRUCK DRIVER WALKED AROUND TO THE BACKSIDE OF THE TRUCK. AS THE FORKLIFT STARTED IN, 2 BUNDLES FELL, 1 ON TRUCK DRIVER.