Mining Incidents

Renco GroupController

MSHA Controller ID: M10271
Fatalities
4
Total incidents
1,000
Mines on record
8
Period

Top causes

  • POWERED HAULAGE3 fatalities · 72 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 fatality · 18 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS205 non-fatal
  • DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)188 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON145 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)127 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2026
10
2025
41
2024
41
2023
35
2022
31 (1f)
2021
39
2020
47
2019
38
2018
46
2017
52
2016
62
2015
58 (1f)
2014
44
2013
36
2012
18
2011
24
2010
35
2009
31 (1f)
2008
31
2007
33 (1f)
2006
28
2005
36
2004
46
2003
28
2002
32
2001
51
2000
27

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

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

APPROXIMATELY 1:35 PM ON 12/06/2022, EE WAS FOUND ON THE GROUND AFTER BEING STRUCK BY REAR OPPOSITE OPERATOR SIDE TIRE. INVESTIGATION IN ONGOING AT THIS TIME.

Struck by falling object

EE was fatally injured while performing the standard practice of scaling loose material using a mechanical scaler. Loose material fell from the back contacting the scaler and employee.

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

Employee was looking for hydraulic leak and was struck in head by eject all plate. Employee received a massive head trauma and later became a fatality.

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

The worker was in process of adding Material to the base of the tailings dam at Brushy Creek Mine. The moxy haul truck was going down the slope of the dam when the driver lost control. As he tried to negotiate the turn near the bottom, the truck rolled over and landed on side in a 6' deep seep pond. Diver's body was found pinned under truck and in water.