Mining Incidents

Five J's LLCController

MSHA Controller ID: 0046749
Fatalities
3
Total incidents
53
Mines on record
9
Years on record
2005–2010

Top causes

  • POWERED HAULAGE2 fatalities · 3 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 fatality · 29 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY5 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS4 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)3 non-fatal
  • OTHER2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2010
10
2009
12 (1f)
2008
9
2007
10 (1f)
2006
6
2005
6 (1f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

3 recorded
Struck against a moving object

Employee had just gotten off work, he was driving out of the mine on the haul road and was trying to pass two other employees and got off the road and hit an old gate post.

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

Employee was getting back on dozer to move for a shot. A co-worker was backing beside the dozer. He struck employee, and ran over him with pickup truck. Employee suffered trauma to his head and chest.

Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE fell while putting away tools at end of shift. (Had been installing permanent handrail.) EE fell from first floor (steel floor 16' 9"" above ground floor - cement foundation); multiple injuries. Had removed his harness at end of shift. Fell through safety tape that was installed between temp. & perm. handrail. Died on 2/23/05 as result of injuries.