Mining Incidents

Wexford Capital LLCController

MSHA Controller ID: 0041669
Fatalities
3
Total incidents
458
Mines on record
35
Period

Top causes

  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 53 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY1 fatality · 49 non-fatal
  • EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK136 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS91 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON55 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2010
53
2009
85
2008
77
2007
54 (1f)
2006
58 (1f)
2005
72 (1f)
2004
49
2003
10

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

3 recorded
Struck by flying object

Miner was hit in head by fly rock from blast causing his death.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A road grader descended down a haul road backwards and landed against the hillside in a ditch. The operator was found under the ripper at the rear of the machine.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Technician was attempting to repair a steering problem on a wheel loader. He replaced steering pilot valve, started engine, raised bucket and attempted to steer machine. When it would not steer to the right, he dismounted machine without shutting off engine. While attempting to remove steering shaft, the steering activated and steered to the right crushing the victim.