EE is believed to have been either chipping away several inches of top layer of brownish colored granite or drilling a chain hole through the granite near end of the block on the open face so block could be lifted using a chain. Granite block being worked on was approx. 5'x12'x30'. Additional submitted details on file.
David W Dye; Randy K SmithController
MSHA Controller ID: 0075715
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 4
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 2014–2021
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
- Joseph R Vinagro1fatal4 total
- Lloyd Cole; Larry Hubbard1fatal4 total
- Mack D Susag; Kerry Susag1fatal4 total
- Brown Brothers Sand Company1fatal4 total
- David W Dye; Randy K Smiththis controller1fatal4 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
- FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS1 fatality
- FIRE1 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2021
3 (1f)
2014
1
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
Fatalities under this controller
1 recordedFall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)