Mining Incidents

Clean Harbors ES Industrial Services, Inc. contractor

Metal / nonmetal
MSHA contractor ID: XNW
Safety record
1
Fatalities
25
Citations
587,706
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.
1.70
Fatalities / million hrs
42.5 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
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 4 non-fatal
  • EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE 2 non-fatal
  • DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) 1 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2016
2
2013
1
2010
1
2005
2
2004
1 (1f)
2003
2
2002
1
2000
1

Mines worked

Recorded fatalities

1 recorded
December 9, 2004 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY
Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

CO. MIS-JUDGED AMOUNT OF MILKY LIME IN TANK. 12/8 THEY REMOVED TANK DOOR & HARD SCALE FORMED OVER DOOR. CO. CONTACTED ONYX TO CUT SCALE AT BASE TO REMOVE WHAT CO. SAID WAS 2-3 FT OF LIQUID. ONYX USED HIGH PRESSURE WATER TO CUT INTO SCALE. ONCE TECH STARTED, SCALE GAVE WAY & TECH WAS TRAPPED UNDER LIQUIDE THAT CAME OUT. MORE LIQUID WAS IN TANK THAN THOUGHT. CO DID NOT SOUND TANK.