Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
For unknown reason an independent driver lost control of belly truck which caused it to jack knife, throwning driver from the cab. Driver was then run over by same truck.
Black Rock Services LLCOperator
Controlled by Dale Armstrong
MSHA Operator ID: 0144453
- Fatalities
- 2
- Total incidents
- 10
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2017–2026
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.
More recorded fatalities than 73% of operators on file.
Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.
This operator
2
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- Black Rock Services LLCthis operator2fatal10 total
- Desert Construction Inc1fatal10 total
- Hastie Mining1fatal10 total
- Mackie J Coal Company Inc1fatal10 total
- Sassy Coal Co., Inc.1fatal10 total
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.
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Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE2 fatalities · 1 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)3 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON3 non-fatal
- MACHINERY1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
1
2025
2
2024
1
2023
1
2021
3 (1f)
2019
1
2017
1 (1f)
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
2 recordedCaught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Approx. 8-8:30 pm after shift, employee drove a vehicle onto mine site and stopped close to generator, left vehicle running, gear selector in drive position, did not set emergency brake or chalk wheels. Got out and started generator. EE appeared to have come out of generator and stopped in front of vehicle to urinate, back to vehicle. Vehicle rolled, pinned EE against generator.