Struck by powered moving object
OPERATOR DID NOT SEE THE VICTIM ON FOOT BEHIND HIM WHILE BACKING DOWN RAMP LEADING TO FEED THE HOPPER. THERE WAS ONE VICTIM INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT.
Charles H WelchController
MSHA Controller ID: M01309
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 23
- Mines on record
- 4
- Years on record
- 2000–2011
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
- David D Bundy1fatal23 total
- Amy C Hamilton1fatal23 total
- Curt B Jamison1fatal23 total
- Oconee County-SC1fatal23 total
- Charles H Welchthis controller1fatal23 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
- POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 2 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS9 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON6 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)4 non-fatal
- STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2011
2
2010
6
2009
3
2008
3
2005
1
2004
4
2003
1 (1f)
2001
1
2000
2