The EE involved arrived 15 minutes before start time and went directly to his haul truck and started the truck. While in the shop the EE reported to another EE that he had slipped and fallen from his truck after it was started. He said he missed the bottom step and fell against the tire. He slid down the tire, striking his head on the concrete. He died on 11/27/2014.
Earl BrinkerController
MSHA Controller ID: 0055549
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 126
- Mines on record
- 23
- Period
- —
Safety benchmark
Recorded fatalities relative to other controllers with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 590 controllers with at least one recorded fatality.
More recorded fatalities than 0% of controllers on file.
Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.
This controller
1
Industry mean
2
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- Texas United Corp2fatal127 total
- Edward A Asbury2fatal128 total
- W Thomas Mackall1fatal125 total
- Northeast Solite Corp1fatal127 total
- Earl Brinkerthis controller1fatal126 total
Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA controllers with at least one recorded fatality. Industry mean is the average across that same population. Peers are sampled by closest total-incident count, regardless of fatality outcome.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 fatality · 34 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS44 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)13 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE11 non-fatal
- OTHER8 non-fatal
- MACHINERY7 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2018
11
2017
4
2016
6
2015
11
2014
12 (1f)
2013
9
2012
9
2011
8
2010
5
2009
7
2008
17
2007
13
2006
13
2005
1
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- IMI Corydon Stone & Asphalt Co.IN
- IMI Huntington QuarryIN
- IMI Bluffton QuarryIN
- IMI Muncie AggregatesIN
- IMI Montpelier QuarryIN
- IMI SELLERSBURG STONE CO.IN
- IMI Stony Creek Stone CoIN
- IMI Peru Stone QuarryIN
- Pendleton QuarryIN
- IMI/McCordsville QuarryIN
- Connersville PitIN
- IMI/Kewanna Sand & GravelIN
- IMI/McCordsville PitIN
- IMI Plymouth Sand & GravelIN
- Anderson PlantIN
- IMI Luray Sand & GravelIN
- Cambridge City PitIN
- Pipe Creek JrIN
- Pendleton PitIN
- Calcium Products CoIN
- IMI Greenwood Sand & GravelIN
- Fall Creek Sand & GravelIN
- Dredge IV / Henderson YardKY
Fatalities under this controller
1 recordedFall from machine