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Savage Company contractor

Metal / nonmetal
MSHA contractor ID: ZP4
Safety record
2
Fatalities
369
Citations
4,253,009
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.
0.47
Fatalities / million hrs
86.8 citations per million contractor employee-hours, 2000 to present.
Source: MSHA contractor employment/production and accident records, updated weekly.

Top causes

  • POWERED HAULAGE 2 fatalities · 16 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS 35 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 34 non-fatal
  • EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE 4 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 4 non-fatal
  • FIRE 2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2024
3
2023
4
2022
2
2021
4
2020
1
2019
1
2018
3
2017
9
2016
5
2015
10
2014
3
2013
2
2012
2
2011
1
2010
1
2009
2
2008
4
2007
2
2006
1
2005
2 (1f)
2004
1
2003
3
2002
2 (1f)
2001
1
2000
1
1999
1
1998
3
1997
1
1995
3
1994
3
1993
3
1992
4
1991
1
1987
2
1986
1
1985
2
1984
3
1983
7

Mines worked

Recorded fatalities

2 recorded
November 8, 2005 WV · Coal truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Mettiki Coal WV, LLC · Struck against a moving object

AT APPROX 12:10 A.M. NOV. 8, 2005 THE OPERATOR OF A MACK TK TANDEM HAUL TRUCK WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN THE TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING EXITED THE HAUL ROAD, RAN THROUGH A GUARD RAIL AND OVERTURNED. THE HAUL ROAD IS LOCATED BETWEEN WV STATE ROUTES 90 & 93. MSHA DID NOT INVESTIGATE THE ACCIDENT AT THE TIME IT OCCURRED. IT WAS BELIEVED MSHA DID NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER THE ROAD.

February 27, 2002 UT · Coal truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Andalex Resources Inc · Struck by powered moving object

IT APPEARS THAT THE VICTIM GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK WHILE IT WAS BEING LOADED. THE TRUCK BEGAN TO ROLL FORWARD DOWN AN APPROXIMATE 6% GRADE ALONG THE MAIN HAULAGE ROAD. THE TRUCK TRAVELED ABOUT 200 FEET, LEAVING THE ROAD, AND HITTING AN EMBANKMENT. THE VICTIM WAS FOUND ON THE GROUND ABOUT A FOOT AWAY FROM THE REAR OF THE TRAILER.