Struck by falling object
THE VICTIM & HELPER WERE REMOVING A SUPPORT STRUCTURE ON A PORTABLE CONVEYOR. THE CONVEYOR WAS POSITIONED ON A HYDRAULIC JACK SUPPORTED BY TWO WOODEN BLOCKS WHEN IT SHIFTED & FELL, CRUSHING VI CTIM.
Leo JournaganController
MSHA Controller ID: M03233
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 57
- Mines on record
- 8
- Years on record
- 2000–2008
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
- Ronald W Guill3fatal58 total
- Franklin Industries Inc1fatal56 total
- John F Hunt III1fatal56 total
- Antonio C Ramos1fatal56 total
- Leo Journaganthis controller1fatal57 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
- MACHINERY1 fatality · 4 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS15 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON14 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)11 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE5 non-fatal
- STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2008
1
2007
1
2006
4
2005
7
2004
5
2003
7
2002
14 (1f)
2001
11
2000
7