Struck by falling object
THE VICTIM, EE, AGE 7 WAS COLLECTING QUARTZ CRYSTALS AT THE BASE OF THE HIGH WALL WHEN THE OVER BURDEN COLLAPSED STRIKING THE VICTIM KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND.
Bob James FechoController
MSHA Controller ID: M13393
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 2
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2000
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
- John B Tintle2fatal2 total
- Rapid NRG USA, Inc1fatal2 total
- Trinity Alps Resources Inc.1fatal2 total
- Steve Anderson1fatal2 total
- Bob James Fechothis controller1fatal2 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
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL1 fatality
- OTHER1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2000
2 (1f)