Contact with hot objects or substances
EE WAS INSIDE MIXING TANK WHEN A STEAM SPARGER OPENED AND RELEASED STEAM RESULTING IN A FATALITY.
BYK Additives Inc.Operator
Controlled by Altana Group (Germany)
MSHA Operator ID: L12358
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 51
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2000–2017
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 0% of operators on file.
Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.
This operator
1
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- Taft Coal Sales & Associates Incorporated2fatal51 total
- G S MATERIALS INC2fatal51 total
- Century Energy Corporation2fatal52 total
- Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc.1fatal51 total
- BYK Additives Inc.this operator1fatal51 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.
For counsel + compliance teams
Get an email the moment a new MSHA-reportable accident lands at any mine on file under BYK Additives Inc.. Useful for 105(c) defense intake, FMSHRC docket prep, and active client monitoring.
Top causes
- OTHER1 fatality · 2 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS18 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON13 non-fatal
- IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST6 non-fatal
- MACHINERY4 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2017
1
2016
2
2015
2
2014
5
2013
7
2012
5
2011
6
2010
1
2009
2
2008
3
2007
1
2006
1
2005
2
2004
1
2003
3 (1f)
2002
2
2001
6
2000
1