During a pipe breaking operation by the float crew on the #5 Matrix line near the #8 Lift Pump, the Leaderman was struck by a pipe and suffered fatal injuries. The investigation of the accident by MSHA and the company is ongoing. Autopsy results are also pending.
Nutrien LTDController
MSHA Controller ID: 0143123
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 184
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 2018–2026
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
- Eagle Materials Inc & Heidelberger Zement Ag1fatal184 total
- National Coal Corporation1fatal183 total
- John C Smith Jr1fatal188 total
- Granite Construction Inc1fatal190 total
- Nutrien LTDthis controller1fatal184 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
- MACHINERY1 fatality · 20 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS66 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON47 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)25 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE9 non-fatal
- OTHER6 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
5
2025
33
2024
29 (1f)
2023
23
2022
28
2021
17
2020
16
2019
22
2018
11
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
Fatalities under this controller
1 recordedStruck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)