Mining Incidents

William R SnoddyController

MSHA Controller ID: M04356
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
40
Mines on record
1
Period

Top causes

  • MACHINERY1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON14 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS13 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)3 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE3 non-fatal
  • OTHER2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2014
4
2013
4
2012
4
2011
3
2009
2
2008
3 (1f)
2007
3
2006
1
2005
1
2004
3
2003
3
2002
3
2001
2
2000
4

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
Struck by falling object

The contract employee was helping to install a counterweight on Gradall XL5110 Scaler. As the weight was lifted into place, one of the connector links of the chain used for lifting broke, causing one end of the weight to strike the ground. This in turn broke the other end, which allowed the weight to strike the employee as it fell.