Struck by falling object
EE WAS UNDER A DITCHING BUCKET CUTTING A PLATE OUT AND THE PLATE FELL AND LANDED ON HIS CHEST. WITHOUT AN AUTOPSY REPORT COMPLETED YET, THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS THE IMPACT OF THE STEEL PLATE ON HIS CHEST, LUNGS.
Dawson Construction CompanyController
MSHA Controller ID: M05042
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 1
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2006
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
- Kyle R Wolinski1fatal1 total
- Brent E Reed1fatal1 total
- Ivan D Barry1fatal1 total
- Marguarite Carroll1fatal1 total
- Dawson Construction Companythis controller1fatal1 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
- FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS1 fatality
Incident timeline
2006
1 (1f)