Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Trench was dug to repair drain pipe. No sloping or shoring protection system was in place. Trench was approximately 10 foot deep and 8 foot wide. Side wall collapsed and crushed worker.
JW Thomas; Travis Thomas; John ThomasController
MSHA Controller ID: 0176401
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 2
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2024–2025
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
- John B Tintle2fatal2 total
- Rapid NRG USA, Inc1fatal2 total
- Trinity Alps Resources Inc.1fatal2 total
- Steve Anderson1fatal2 total
- JW Thomas; Travis Thomas; John Thomasthis controller1fatal2 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
- MACHINERY1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
1 (1f)
2024
1