Mining Incidents

Ken RipleyController

MSHA Controller ID: M13740
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
8
Mines on record
2
Period

Top causes

  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS4 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 non-fatal
  • FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2006
3
2005
3
2004
1 (1f)
2001
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

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

BAD BRAKES/BAD STEERING, STEEP GRADE 15%. EMPLOYEE WAS TEST DRIVING THE WATER WAGON ON THE ACCESS ROAD WHICH IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HOMESTED PIT. EMPLOYEE MUST HAVE LOST HIS BRAKES, POPPED OUT OF GEAR, LOST STEERING & TRIED TO JUMP. HE WAS CRUSHED BY THE TIRE.