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Paula J BabbController

MSHA Controller ID: M32531
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
34
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2000–2026

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
#347of 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

  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS14 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY5 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON4 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)4 non-fatal
  • DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2026
1
2025
4
2024
3
2022
3
2021
5
2020
3
2019
1
2018
1
2017
2
2016
1
2013
1
2011
1
2010
2
2007
1 (1f)
2006
1
2005
1
2004
2
2000
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
Delta Sand & Gravel Company
Drowning

Drove euclid off bridge, overturned in water, trapped in cab and drowned.