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Hanson PLCController

MSHA Controller ID: M00521
Fatalities
3
Total incidents
1,160
Mines on record
182
Years on record
2000–2007

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
86th

More recorded fatalities than 86% of controllers on file.

Rank
#78of 590

Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
1.5×

Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.

This controller
3
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

  • MACHINERY3 fatalities · 91 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS334 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON199 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)168 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE98 non-fatal
  • OTHER31 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2007
123
2006
142
2005
158
2004
160 (1f)
2003
155 (2f)
2002
139
2001
123

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

3 recorded
Heidelberg Materials Northeast-NY LLC
Struck by falling object

Drop ball on crane fell striking victim in the head.

Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TIRE SERVICE TECH WAS POSITIONING A 50 TON DUMP TRUCK TIRE WHEN THE TIRE FELL FROM THE BOOM CLAMP TRAPPING TECH BETWEEN TIRE AND BOOM TRUCK BED AND FRAME. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BOOM TRUCK BUT FA TALLY INJURING THE TIRE TECH. THE AREA WAS AN OPEN FIELD AREA, WEATHER WAS CLEAR, AREA WAS DRY, DAYLIGHT HOURS.

Hanson Aggregates West Inc
Struck by falling object

THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO LOAD CONVEYOR SHUTTLE, LOAD WAS SUSPENDED IN AIR SO TRUCK COULD BACK UNDER IT. CRANE STARTED SWINGING AND TILTING ALLOWING LOAD TO FALL. LOAD STRUCK EMPLOYEE.