Mining Incidents

Aggregate Industries PLCController

MSHA Controller ID: M07336
Fatalities
3
Total incidents
297
Mines on record
67
Period

Top causes

  • POWERED HAULAGE2 fatalities · 29 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY1 fatality · 32 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS85 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON70 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)49 non-fatal
  • NO VALUE FOUND6 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2014
1
2013
1
2011
1
2009
6
2008
16
2007
27
2006
26 (1f)
2005
35
2004
54
2003
30
2002
40 (1f)
2001
29
2000
31 (1f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

3 recorded
Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee crawled 16 feet under primary and was entangled in tailpulley.

Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

THE EMPLOYEE ENTERED A LOG WASHER AND DID NOT FOLLOW SAFETY PROCEDURES BY USING A LOCK OUT TAG OUT PROCEDURE. THE MACHINE WAS INADVERTENTLY ENERGIZED WHICH IN TURN RESULTED IN HIS DEATH.

Struck by powered moving object

AVAILABLE INFORMATION FROM THE SCRAPER OPERATOR AND EYE WITNESS SHOWS THAT THE EMPLOYEE MOVED BETWEEN A BACKING 633 CAT SCRAPER AND HIS PICKUP OUT OF THE OPERATORS FIELD OF VISION. HE WAS RUN OVER BY THE LEFT REAR SCRAPER TIRE RESULTING IN DEATH.