Mining Incidents

Richard L Arnold IIOperator

Controlled by Richard L Arnold II
MSHA Operator ID: 0058257
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2009

Safety benchmark

Recorded fatalities relative to other operators with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 739 operators with at least one recorded fatality.

Fatality-count percentile
0th

More recorded fatalities than 0% of operators on file.

Rank
#528of 739

Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
0.6×

Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.

This operator
1
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume

Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA operators 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.

For counsel + compliance teams

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Top causes

  • MACHINERY1 fatality

Incident timeline

2009
1 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
Struck by falling object

The victim was operating a walk behind block saw on a ledge. The victim and the saw went over the 9-foot ledge and the saw fell on him. This mine closed in 2005 and the operator did not notify MSHA that mining operations had resumed.