Mining Incidents

Brad Mercord; Bill CarterController

MSHA Controller ID: M14319
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
45
Mines on record
5
Period

Top causes

  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 2 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS22 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY11 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON4 non-fatal
  • STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT2 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2022
6
2021
4
2020
2
2019
5
2018
4 (1f)
2017
7
2016
3
2015
3
2014
1
2013
2
2011
2
2010
1
2009
1
2007
1
2006
1
2005
1
2003
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
Struck against a moving object

Employee was in an articulating haul truck, was traveling down the haul road at the Quarry. The victim was moving the haul truck down a steep grade, around a turn, when the haul truck traveled through a berm and off a short drop-off. The victim was found hours later by the owner of the company, the victim was not wearing a seat belt.