Mining Incidents

Tri-City Paving, Inc.Operator

Controlled by Daniel J Surma; John D Surma
MSHA Operator ID: L02899
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
9
Mines on record
4
Years on record
2000–2009

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
#525of 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 Tri-City Paving, Inc.. Useful for 105(c) defense intake, FMSHRC docket prep, and active client monitoring.

Top causes

  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)2 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY1 non-fatal
  • OTHER1 non-fatal
  • NO VALUE FOUND1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2009
1
2006
2
2005
1 (1f)
2003
1
2002
1
2001
1
2000
2

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

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

Two employees were repositioning a conveyor. One was on the loader which was pulling the conveyor. The victim was directing and somehow got caught under the conveyor tire, crushing him.