Mining Incidents

General Chemical; Andover GroupController

MSHA Controller ID: M08522
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
444
Mines on record
2
Period

Top causes

  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 35 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS166 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON82 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)48 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY32 non-fatal
  • HOISTING21 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2008
20
2007
52
2006
36
2005
55
2004
63
2003
50
2002
59 (1f)
2001
56
2000
53

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

RAILCAR WAS POSITIONED IN THE EAST END OF NO. 12 TRACK CREATING A CLOSE CLEARANCE. THERE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT CLEARANCE TO ALLOW AN EE RIDING ON THE SIDE OF RAILCAR TO PASS BY ANOTHER RAILCAR. T HE RAILCAR WAS BEING SHOVED THROUGH THE CROSSOVER TRACK LEADING TO THE COLD ASH SPOT.