Mining Incidents

United CompanyController

MSHA Controller ID: C00375
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
350
Mines on record
28
Period

Top causes

  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 27 non-fatal
  • EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK95 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS74 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)48 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON31 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2009
26
2008
104
2007
98 (1f)
2006
83 (1f)
2005
37
2004
2

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

2 recorded
Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Victim was discovered caught between the conveyor belt and the continuous haulage dolley. Although the coroner report is not available, it appeared that the victim expired from injuries received from the event.

Struck by flying object

Employee deliberately disobeyed warnings to cease welding on inflated floatation tire rim ten minutes before tire blew up. Heat from welding plus compression of air in tire equals massive explosion.