Mining Incidents

Joseph T BennettController

MSHA Controller ID: C15915
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
339
Mines on record
19
Years on record
2000–2019

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
73th

More recorded fatalities than 73% of controllers on file.

Rank
#134of 590

Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
1.0×

Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.

This controller
2
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

  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 30 non-fatal
  • FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL1 fatality · 13 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS97 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON58 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK46 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY36 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2019
11 (1f)
2018
5
2017
3
2016
2
2015
20
2014
24
2013
23
2012
18
2011
26
2010
24 (1f)
2009
20
2008
11
2007
22
2006
23
2005
13
2004
10
2003
15
2002
35
2001
21
2000
13

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

2 recorded
Struck by falling object

Rib Rolled onto miner operator.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A Mack DM-600 tandem axle lube truck was descending a grade into the active work area of the mine when the operator lost control of the truck and either jumped or was thrown from the vehicle. The truck struck an embankment and overturned on its left side resulting in fatal crushing injuries to the victim. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the coroner.