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MSHA Controller ID: C13727
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
122
Mines on record
5
Years on record
2000–2010

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.

Fatality-count percentile
0th

More recorded fatalities than 0% of controllers on file.

Rank
#413of 590

Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
0.5×

Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.

This controller
1
Industry mean
2
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume

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

  • ELECTRICAL1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS31 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE26 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK18 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY17 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)8 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2010
3
2009
7
2008
8
2007
9
2006
9
2005
7
2004
5
2003
17 (1f)
2002
18
2001
17
2000
22

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
Mountain Spring Coal Co.
Contact with electrical current

WHILE TROUBLE SHOOTING MAIN OUTSIDE SUBSTATION, EMPLOYEE CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIGH VOLTAGE RESULTING IN DEATH.