Mining Incidents

Orchard Global Asset Management LLPController

MSHA Controller ID: 0146121
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
45
Mines on record
4
Period

Top causes

  • FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS1 fatality
  • MACHINERY1 fatality
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS17 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON13 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)4 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE3 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2025
4 (1f)
2024
8
2023
7
2022
7 (1f)
2021
4
2020
3
2019
12

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

2 recorded
Struck by rolling or sliding object

EE was operating an excavator in Pit 2 at SPS Atascosa. Pit 2 is located between two tailings ponds. 9:18 AM one of the tailings ponds breached causing tailings mixture to flow into the work site. Tailings mixture tipped over the excavator EE was operating cab side down. The front window broke, tailings mixture engulfed the cab & 75% of the vehicle. Employee could not escape.

Struck by falling object

Employee was working with a 3 man crew dismantling a Caterpillar 390F Excavator. During dismantling, EE was impacted by the counterweight. The other 2 crew members did not witness the accident.