Mining Incidents

Southway Construction Co. Inc. of AlamosaOperator

Controlled by Estate of Henry T. Southway Jr.
MSHA Operator ID: L06057
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
17
Mines on record
6
Years on record
2001–2016

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
#436of 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 Southway Construction Co. Inc. of Alamosa. Useful for 105(c) defense intake, FMSHRC docket prep, and active client monitoring.

Top causes

  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS6 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY3 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)2 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 non-fatal
  • NO VALUE FOUND2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2016
1
2015
1
2011
1
2010
1
2008
2
2007
1
2006
1
2005
2
2004
2
2003
4
2001
1 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
Struck by falling object

THE VICTIM, A LOADER OPERATOR, WAS CLEANING MATERIAL FROM A STACKER CONVEYOR WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK ONE OF THE LEG SUPPORTS, KNOCKING THE CONVEYOR OVER. A SECOND LOADER OPERATOR WAS SUMMONED TO LIFT & RESET THE CONVEYOR. THE RIGGING FAILED AND THE CONVEYOR FELL, STRIKING THE VICTIM AS HE WALKED UNDER THE RAISED CONVEYOR