Mining Incidents

Robert E PaulController

MSHA Controller ID: M10572
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
44
Mines on record
6
Years on record
2000–2023

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.

Fatality-count percentile
0th

More recorded fatalities than 0% of controllers on file.

Rank
#484of 590

Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
0.5×

Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.

This controller
1
Industry mean
2
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume

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

  • MACHINERY1 fatality · 9 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS11 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)10 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON8 non-fatal
  • DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)4 non-fatal
  • OTHER1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2023
1
2022
2
2021
3
2019
3 (1f)
2018
3
2017
2
2016
1
2015
2
2014
4
2012
2
2011
4
2010
2
2009
4
2008
1
2007
2
2006
2
2005
4
2000
2

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
Struck against a moving object

Crane fell over into quarry with operator inside cab. The victim was operating crane lifting an approximately 15 ton block of granite from the pit. The boom of the crane lowered causing the crane to tip over and fall 85 feet into the pit.