Mining Incidents

FMC CorpOperator

Controlled by FMC Corp
MSHA Operator ID: L00556
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
468
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2000–2015

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
#241of 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

Get an email the moment a new MSHA-reportable accident lands at any mine on file under FMC Corp. Useful for 105(c) defense intake, FMSHRC docket prep, and active client monitoring.

Top causes

  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 29 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS150 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON69 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)48 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY41 non-fatal
  • DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)34 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2015
2
2014
15
2013
13
2012
15
2011
16
2010
32
2009
25
2008
36
2007
32 (1f)
2006
38
2005
32
2004
39
2003
44
2002
40
2001
45
2000
44

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A Sein Brute 612 mantrip carrying two miners was traveling at 38-39 xc, 592 S.Longwall Panel 3 Road (1 Room). A mechanical failure within the steering mechanism resulted in the over-turning of the mantrip. A miner was pinned under the mantrip resulting in fatal injuries. The other was ejected, sustaining injuries. The company is investigating this incident with MSHA.