Struck by flying object
AT 12:30 PM A RIGHT BREAK OFF THE #4 ENTRY SHOT OUT THROUGH AN EXISTING HOLE IN THE RIB OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SHOT INTO THE PARALLEL BREAK, SHOOTING COAL ONTO THE DRILL OPERATOR, DRILL HELP ER AND SHOT FIRER.
Robert C RatliffController
MSHA Controller ID: C12056
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 3
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2003
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
- Byron Davis2fatal3 total
- Mark A Edenfield1fatal3 total
- Mark E Daugherty1fatal3 total
- John D Durkin1fatal3 total
- Robert C Ratliffthis controller1fatal3 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
- EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS1 fatality
- NO VALUE FOUND2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2003
3 (1f)
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- #1KY