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MSHA controller ID: M00017

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Fatalities: 19
Total incidents: 4185
Mines on record: 39
Years on record: 1983–1999

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 74 non-fatal
ELECTRICAL 1 fatality · 9 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 361 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 186 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 132 non-fatal
MACHINERY 101 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1999

111

1998

171

1997

162 (1f)

1996

146 (1f)

1995

196

1994

211

1993

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

19 recorded

April 10, 1997 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal master electrician Fatality · ELECTRICAL

Asarco Inc · Contact with electrical current

AT ABOUT 10:00 AM AN ELECTRICAL SUPERVISOR WAS ELECTROCUTED WHILE WORKING ON AN ENERGIZED 300KVA, 4,160/480 VOLT PAD-MOUNTED ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER. TRANSFORMER LOCATED OUTSIDE NEWLY CONSTRUCT ED SURFACE SHOP FOR UNDERGROUND ON 2330 BENCH OFPIT. CONTRACTOR'S EMP FOUND VICTIM LAYING ON GROUND NEXT TO TRANSFORMER. DOORS OF TRANSFORMER COMPARTMENT OPEN, EXPOSING 4160 & 480 VOLT TERMIN

April 3, 1996 TN · Metal/Non-Metal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Asarco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS OPERATING A LOADER. AS HE PULLED OUT ON THE GALLERY INCLINE THE LOADER, FOR REASONS UNKNOWN, RAN AWAY WITH HIM. HE JUMPED, FELL, OR WAS PULLED OUT OF THE LOADER. THE LOADER RAN OVER HIM AND HE WAS KILLED INSTANTLY.