Mining Incidents

British Petroleum Company PLC: 9 recorded fatalities controller

MSHA controller ID: M01206

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Fatalities
9
Total incidents
1,228
Mines on record
17
Years on record
1983–1992

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Incident timeline

1992
9
1991
11
1990
8
1989
131
1988
299 (2f)
1987
258 (1f)
1986
146
1985
68 (1f)
1984
148 (2f)
1983
150 (3f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

9 recorded
August 18, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal brakeman, roperider, car runner, spotterman, snapper, trip rider, car rider, flagman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Ridgeway Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SPOTTER WAS BACKED OVER BY PAN SCRAPER.

April 5, 1988 UT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE TRUCK AND TRAILER WAS LEFT UNATTENED ON DOWN HILL GRADE WITH TRAILER THE EMPLOYEE WAS RUN OVER BY TRUCK AND FIRST TRAILER WHEN HE RAN ALONG DRIVERS SIDE TRYING TO CATCH VECHICLE HE SLIPPED UNDER TRUCK DRIVE THREE AND WAS RUN OVER VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER TRUCK AND TRAILER THAT WAS PARKED LEAQUE.

May 20, 1987 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Struck by rolling or sliding object

OFF/LOADING 6''3JOINT OF PIPE FROM TRUCK FLOAT,PIPE CALIPERS FAILED ALLOWING 1 JOINT 40'' LONG TO FALL.PIPE THEN ROLLED INTO PIPELINE TRENCH STRIKING EMPL ON HIS HEAD.(DIED OF HEAD INJURIES 5- 23-87) 3

October 2, 1985 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kennecott/New Mines Development Division · Struck by falling object

EMPL SCALING DOWN LOOSE MATERIAL IN STEEL REHAB PROCESS. LOOSE SLAB 2\ X 4\ X 6\ SUDDENLY FELL FROM HIS OUTWARD SIDE HITTING SCALING BAR WHICH THREW HIM IN A FORWARD POSITION.THE TAIL END OF T HE SLAB KNOCKED I.NAME OFF BOLT CAR HITTING HIM IN THE HEAD,SHOULDERS AND LEG.

May 31, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE FELL INTO "GLORY HOLE" WAS FROUND IN "27" BUILDING ON ORE BELT. "GLORY HOLE" IS THE ORE CAR DUMP.

May 14, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Anaconda Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

AN EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A D-7 CAT DOZER, PUSHING MUD, ROCKS AND DEBRIS AWAY FROM THE MOUTH OF A CANYON. WITHOUT WARNING, A MASSIVE MUDSLIDE CAME OUT OF THE CANYON, STRIKING AND OVERTURNING T HE DOZER, APPRENTLY FATALLY INJURING HIM.

August 29, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY
Kennecott Corp · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

STEWART WAS STANDING ON A WALKWAY USING A CONCRETE VIBRATOR AUGER CAUGHT VIBRATOR AND PULLED STEWART INTO AUGER VIBRATOR CABLE WAS AROUND STEWARTS BODY WHEN HE WAS PULLED INTO AUGER

May 18, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Struck by falling object

CRANE BLOCK WAS RUN THROUGH LIMIT SWITCH INTO DRUM CAUSING CABLE TO PULL IN TWO DROPPING SHEAVE BLOCK ONTO EMPLOYEE.

April 30, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Corp · Struck against a moving object

RIDING IN A TRUCK AS A PASSENGER, WASTE CAR STRUCK REAR OF TRUCK AND PUSHED IT AGAINST A PARKED TRAIN.

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