Mining Incidents

Gilliam & Mundy Drilling Co contractor

Metal / nonmetal
MSHA contractor ID: X7B
Safety record
1
Fatalities
11
Citations
102,946
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.
9.71
Fatalities / million hrs
106.9 citations per million contractor employee-hours, 2000 to present.
Source: MSHA contractor employment/production and accident records, updated weekly.

Top causes

  • MACHINERY 1 fatality · 2 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS 1 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2016
1 (1f)
2005
1
2002
1
1995
1
1988
1

Mines worked

Recorded fatalities

1 recorded
September 21, 2016 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY
Holston River Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

On 9/21/16, evidence suggests that the victim, an experienced mechanic, may have been attempting to remove or loosen the top drive power head, spindle cap on the drill machine to replace damaged seals by attempting to use a pipe wrench and hydraulics of the drill machine, which are controlled by levers in cab next to platform. Victim struck in torso by pipe wrench. No eyewitness.